Pandy Mawr Railway Arch, Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen (Bedwas, Tretomos a Machen), Caerphilly

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5979 / 51°35'52"N

Longitude: -3.2124 / 3°12'44"W

OS Eastings: 316122

OS Northings: 189481

OS Grid: ST161894

Mapcode National: GBR HW.BJPR

Mapcode Global: VH6DT.83MC

Plus Code: 9C3RHQXQ+53

Entry Name: Pandy Mawr Railway Arch

Listing Date: 9 January 1989

Last Amended: 8 February 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 13575

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300013575

Location: The arch runs over the valley road leading N from Bedwas to Cwm y Bwch. Site of Bryngwyn Colliery to the SE.

County: Caerphilly

Town: Caerphilly

Community: Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen (Bedwas, Tretomos a Machen)

Community: Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen

Locality: Pandy Mawr

Built-Up Area: Caerphilly

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: Architectural structure

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History

Originally constructed for the Rumney Railway Co between 1824 and 1829. Converted from a tramroad by the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway Co who opened a freight and passenger service in 1863. The style of the masonry suggests that it was rebuilt in the latter half of the C19, perhaps during 1863 to ease the curve of the new railway.

Exterior

Single, long, narrow arch for roadway supporting former railway embankments which rise high above. Round-headed arch rings to each portal. Rock-faced masonry voussoirs with keystones. Snecked facings to spandrels. Flanking raking buttresses with flat stone copings. Snecked masonry, without breaks, to long interior. Wide embankments at various levels formerly carried tramroad and railway lines through the Rhymney Valley.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as an unusual railway structure, the 1820s tramroad origins being of special interest.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II* Bryngwyn Colliery Engine House
Located in a small field on the W side of Bedwas village. The building is accessible by footpath, either from Pandy Mawr Road to the W or from Nursery Road (?) to the E. The building is heavily over
II* Church of St Barrwg
Located in a high prominent position in the village at the N end of Church Street. Surrounded by a large graveyard.
II Remains of Churchyard Cross
Located on the S side of the Church of St Barrwg, to the E of the porch.
II Railed monument of Price family in churchyard at SE corner of St Barrwg's Church
Adjoining the public footpath outside SE corner of chancel
II The Coach House, Pwll-y-Pant
On the E side of The Cedar Tree restaurant and on NE side of a roundabout at the junction of the A469 and A468.
II Barn at Dyffryn Isaf
Located off the W side of a lane which runs N along the Rhymney valley from Bedwas to Maes y Cwmmer. Farm-house to the NW.
II The Old Rectory
Set in its own grounds to E of the churchyard and occupying a corner site with Bryn Glas where the road rises to the former railway bridge.
II The White Hart Inn
Located in the centre of Bedwas 0.5km from the church.

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Pandy Mawr Railway Arch

A Grade II Listed Building in Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen (Bedwas, Tretomos a Machen), Caerphilly