Walls flanking the inclined plane joining the Bettws tramway to the DLP Railway., Llangynwyd Lower (Llangynwyd

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5619 / 51°33'42"N

Longitude: -3.6009 / 3°36'3"W

OS Eastings: 289127

OS Northings: 185997

OS Grid: SS891859

Mapcode National: GBR HC.DWGG

Mapcode Global: VH5HB.J0QG

Plus Code: 9C3RH96X+QM

Entry Name: Walls flanking the inclined plane joining the Bettws tramway to the DLP Railway.

Listing Date: 23 October 1998

Last Amended: 23 October 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 20744

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300020744

Location: The inclined plane rises from near road level at a steep angle to join the former Duffryn Llynvi and Porthcawl Railway on the W side of the valley, half-way between Nicholls Road and the Shwt turning

County: Bridgend

Town: Llangynwyd Lower

Community: Llangynwyd Lower (Llangynwyd - Isaf)

Community: Llangynwyd Lower

Locality: Goetre-hen

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Wall

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Bettws

History

Built c.1825-6 to provide direct access from the tramway from Sir Robert Price's coal workings at Bettws to the approximately contemporary Duyffryn Llynvi and Porthcawl Railway running along the higher contours on the W side of the valley. The lower end of the plane was damaged when the A4063 was widened.

Exterior

An angled walled track preserved in woodland, and defined by side walls of rubble stonework set 3.04m apart, of height averaging 1.6m although reaching 3.3m in places where retaining the hill slope. The total rise is approximately 15m.

Reasons for Listing

Included as an important and well preserved monument of early railway development, and evocative of the early history of the industrial exploitation of the Llynfi valley.

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II Nicholls Arms PH
The building stands on a steeply sloping corner site, facing the minor Nicholls Road running W off the main A4063 Maesteg to Bridgend Road.
II Pont-y-rhyd-ddu (partly in Garw Valley community)
The bridge carries the road to Shwt, Bettws and Llangeinor across the Afon Llyvni, near the road junction with the A4063.
II Cildeudy tunnel
The tunnel runs under the Cildeudy Road immediately W of its junction with the main A4063 Maesteg Road, at the S end of Goetre-hen.
II Abutments to overbridge/ loading bay on the former Duffryn Llynvi and Porthcawl Railway
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I Church of St David, Bettws
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II North portal and wings of the Rock-fawr Bridge on Sir Robert Price's private tramway.
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II Ty Isaf
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History in Structure

Walls flanking the inclined plane joining the Bettws tramway to the DLP Railway.

A Grade II Listed Building in Llangynwyd Lower (Llangynwyd - Isaf), Bridgend