Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
6694
Building Number
Grade
I
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
04/01/1952
Date of Amendment
28/08/1998
Name of Property
Llangynidr Bridge (partly in Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine community)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llangynidr
Town
Locality
Coed yr Ynys
Easting
315210
Northing
220261
Street Side
Location
Impressively-sited spanning the River Usk on the B4560 in Lower Llangynidr.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Erected c1700 and replacing an earlier bridge 500m upstream. A bridge of similar style and date is nearby at Crickhowell .
Exterior
High single-carriageway road bridge of rubble stone with 6 segmental arches, curved into the current and ramped towards the centre. V-shaped cutwaters rise to full height of the parapet and define refuges. The parapet has plain copings and on S side is curved outwards at the ends above corbelled stone.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed Grade I as an especially fine example of an early road bridge, together with Crickhowell amongst the best in Wales.
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