White Gate Road Bridge and Aqueduct, Pant, Merthyr Tydfil

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7703 / 51°46'13"N

Longitude: -3.348 / 3°20'52"W

OS Eastings: 307082

OS Northings: 208821

OS Grid: SO070088

Mapcode National: GBR YR.ZL5Y

Mapcode Global: VH6CR.XRDQ

Plus Code: 9C3RQMC2+4R

Entry Name: White Gate Road Bridge and Aqueduct

Listing Date: 11 March 2003

Last Amended: 11 March 2003

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 80963

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300080963

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.

County: Merthyr Tydfil

Community: Pant

Locality: Pengarnddu

Built-Up Area: Merthyr Tydfil

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Aqueduct Road bridge

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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.

Reasons for Listing

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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White Gate Road Bridge and Aqueduct

A Grade II Listed Building in Pant, Merthyr Tydfil