Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
22508
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/10/1999
Date of Amendment
22/10/1999
Name of Property
Pont Y Mister
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Caerphilly
Community
Risca
Town
Locality
Pontymister
Easting
324579
Northing
189563
Street Side
Location
Crossing the Ebbw River to S of Pontymister village close to the A467 by-pass, formerly providing main access between Ochrwyth and Pontymister.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Probably an early post-medieval bridge remodelled in early C19. Led to hamlet of Ochrwyth and the mountainside settlements on the W side of the Ebbw Valley; old photo has it as Och-y-Wieth Bridge. New bridge has by-passed this old road.
Exterior
River bridge of two unequal arches. Of rubble with dressed stone to the river arches and flat or saddle back coping stones to the parapet. The 2 arches are separated by a cutwater; both are elliptical, that on uphillside is lower with a stringcourse above; this reappears at a different level for a short distance over the spandrel of the wider downhill arch.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a pre-industrial bridge which has retained much of its character.
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