Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
80963
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
11/03/2003
Date of Amendment
11/03/2003
Name of Property
White Gate Road Bridge and Aqueduct
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Merthyr Tydfil
Community
Pant
Town
Locality
Pengarnddu
Easting
307082
Northing
208821
Street Side
Location
Some 100m N of the reservoir on the N side of the Heads of the Valley road and just W of the grid sub station at Pengarnddu.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Built c1864 to take a road and watercourse on the Dowlais Free Drainage System over the Newport branch of the Brecon and Merthyr Railway. Arch repaired in 1952.
Exterior
Road bridge and aqueduct, rock-faced grey stone, single elliptical arch of 7.3m span with stone voussoirs between battered piers. Raised band above parapet stepped forward over piers. Rock-faced stone coping. Aqueduct approximately 1m wide is behind S parapet and roadway, some 3m wide, has sloping brick parapets for one course at E to 12 courses at W.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a rare example of a combined road bridge and aqueduct, the latter on the historically important Dowlais Free Drainage System.
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