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
6764
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/01/1963
Date of Amendment
28/07/2005
Name of Property
Lock Road Bridge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llanfrynach
Town
Brecon
Locality
Cefn Brynich
Easting
307736
Northing
227280
Street Side
Location
Situated some 200m S of the A40, carrying the road to Llanfrynach across the river Usk.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Late C18 road bridge over the Usk.
Exterior
Road bridge over the river Usk. Rubble stone, four elliptical recessed arches with stone voussoirs separated by full-height cutwaters with pedestrian refuges. The S arch is lower than the other three. The cutwaters are slightly stepped, in three tiers with the bottom tier in squared stonework. Over the crown of each arch is a square drainage hole from the roadway.
Interior
Reason for designation
Graded II* for its exceptional interest as a particularly well designed road bridge over the Usk.
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