Pont-y-rhyd-ddu (partly in Garw Valley community)
A Grade II Listed Building in Garw Valley (Cwm Garw), Bridgend
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Coordinates
Latitude: 51.5662 / 51°33'58"N
Longitude: -3.6032 / 3°36'11"W
OS Eastings: 288976
OS Northings: 186476
OS Grid: SS889864
Mapcode National: GBR HC.DGDZ
Mapcode Global: VH5H4.HWHQ
Plus Code: 9C3RH98W+FP
Entry Name: Pont-y-rhyd-ddu (partly in Garw Valley community)
Listing Date: 23 October 1998
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 20743
Building Class: Communications
ID on this website: 300020743
Location: The bridge carries the road to Shwt, Bettws and Llangeinor across the Afon Llyvni, near the road junction with the A4063.
County: Bridgend
Town: Llangynwyd Lower
Community: Garw Valley (Cwm Garw)
Community: Garw Valley
Locality: Shwt
Traditional County: Glamorgan
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Road bridge
History
Probably built in the mid C19.
Exterior
Built of squared Pennant sandstone rubble. A segmental arch of narrow rubble voussoirs springing from vertical stone abutments, and spanning c. 8.4m between the margins of the river. The spandrels rise to an angled square string course at the base of the flush parapets, coped with roughly shaped semicircular rubble stones. Total height of the bridge coping from the water level is 6.3m. The abutment curves round on the W side.
Reasons for Listing
Included as a good and unaltered example of a mid C19 road bridge in an area of rich industrial and transport remains in the Llynfi Valley.
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