Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
22217
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/08/1999
Date of Amendment
27/08/1999
Name of Property
Pont Cennen (partly in Dyffryn Cennen community)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llandybie
Town
Burry Port
Locality
Derwydd
Easting
262611
Northing
218103
Street Side
Location
In the village of Derwydd, crossing the River Cennen, 150m north of the road to Trapp.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
A bridge appears to be indicated here on the map of 1812, and a bridge is certainly present according to the map of 1840. This was formerly an important road, the direct route from Llandeilo to Llandybie, before the easier present-day route via the Cennen valley was established.
Exterior
A vernacular road bridge in hammer-dressed limestone. Arch of high segmental form, slightly skewed, with a span of about 8m; voussoirs thin and about 0.4m tall. the bridge is about 3m in width between parapets.
The bridge parapets are about 0.9m in height, round-topped. They are slightly everted at the ends. The copings are mostly of metallic slag, which has been rendered over in places (at north-east). The south-east wing wall is the only part coped in limestone.
Interior
Reason for designation
A good vernacular bridge, which has retained its character and still has its slag copings.
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