Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
21302
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
05/02/1999
Date of Amendment
05/02/1999
Name of Property
Bont Newydd
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Gorslas
Town
Llanelli
Locality
Gors Farm
Easting
254365
Northing
216368
Street Side
Location
Carrying a minor road over a right tributary of the Gwendraeth Fach, 400m north of Gors farmhouse, one of two bridges near the entrance to Aberdauddwr.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
A small bridge on a non-turnpike road, typical of many minor County bridges of the period c.1800.
Exterior
Picturesquely sited across a bend in the river Gwendraeth Fach in a narrow valley, Bont Newydd is a single-arch segmental bridge of about 5m span in limestone, without an emphasised keystone. Thin course slightly corbelled at parapet-base level.
The carriageway is about 3.6m wide between parapets. The parapets in random rubble, with original copings of large limestone blocks surviving on one side. The upstream parapet extends for about 10m, the downstream parapet for about 15m.
The outer (right) bank of the river bend both upstream and downstream from the bridge is protected from scouring by revetment in large limestone blocks for about 20m. Immediately below the bridge is a shallow over a rock ledge, probably the remains of a ford predating it.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an unspoilt picturesque vernacular bridge of c.1800.
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