Ynysmeudwy Isaf Overbridge on Swansea Canal, Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7257 / 51°43'32"N

Longitude: -3.843 / 3°50'34"W

OS Eastings: 272800

OS Northings: 204600

OS Grid: SN728046

Mapcode National: GBR H1.2G2R

Mapcode Global: VH4JS.BWPH

Plus Code: 9C3RP5G4+7Q

Entry Name: Ynysmeudwy Isaf Overbridge on Swansea Canal

Listing Date: 13 March 2003

Last Amended: 13 March 2003

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 80995

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300080995

Location: Situated on the Swansea Canal some 80m S of Ynysmeudwy Isaf.

County: Neath Port Talbot

Town: Swansea

Community: Pontardawe

Locality: Ynysmeudwy

Built-Up Area: Pontardawe

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Bridge

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History

Canal bridge, late C18, over the Swansea Canal. The 16-mile Swansea Canal was opened in 1798 to Hen Neuadd, Abercraf, declined after the railway opened in 1852 and closed in 1931.

Exterior

Canal overbridge, rubble stone single arch bridge. Segmental arch with tooled cut stone voussoirs. Abutments curve out slightly each side to square end piers. Parapets of large rubble stone slabs, some on the SW side removed and replaced with cement coping. The SW parapet and NE pier on the towpath side have been repaired in red brick.

Reasons for Listing

Included as an intact canal overbridge apparently of the late C18.

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Ynysmeudwy Isaf Overbridge on Swansea Canal

A Grade II Listed Building in Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot