Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
82484
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
09/02/2004
Date of Amendment
09/02/2004
Name of Property
Iron bollard on E side of Afon Tawe
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
St. Thomas
Town
Swansea
Locality
New Cut
Easting
266115
Northing
193552
Street Side
Location
Set back some 3m back from the quay wall on the E side of the Afon tawe approximately 200m N of Tawe Bridge.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Mid C19 iron bollard on former quay on Afon Tawe. By the early C19 stone quays and tidal basins almost continuously lined the 4.8km dredged and navigable length of the river. The Tawe was straightened in this area by digging the New Cut in 1842-5. The bollard is similar to some on the W bank made by the Ynyscedwyn Iron Works. This type of bollard was widely exported from this notable ironworks at Ystradgynlais.
Exterior
Bollard, cast-iron stem some 60cm high with moulded flat rim and hemispherical cap.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as a C19 iron bollard probably made at Ynyscedwyn, the notable ironworks at Ystradgynlais.
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