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
1402
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/11/1962
Date of Amendment
10/11/1994
Name of Property
Rhuddlan Bridge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Rhuddlan
Town
Locality
Easting
302179
Northing
377991
Street Side
Location
Spans the river Clwyd to form the only access to the town from the W.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
The earliest known bridge on the site was C13 and was a timber bridge rebuilt following destruction in c1277. In c1358, the first stone bridge was built, and repairs to it were recorded in 1372 and 1382. The bridge was again rebuilt in 1595, and the stone structure which survives is partially of this date, although substantial alterations to its form have taken place in more recent times, and it is possible that the early bridge had 3 arches.
Exterior
Sandstone arch bridge, with 2 arches of unequal span, and a single splayed squared cutwater between them. Roughly coursed and squared sandstone, the coursing finer in the cutwaters which appear to be a separate phase of construction. Voussoirs to arches, the stonework stepped out over them to form drip moulds. On the SE side, 3 tablets are set into the masonry of the cutwater, one of which is inscribed with the arms of Flint, and is dated 1595. The parapets in the main part of the span were replaced during the C19 with a cast-iron railing supported by heavy brackets. Stone parapets with plain copings survive at either end of the bridge.
Interior
Reason for designation
Important as an early example of a masonry bridge.
Scheduled Ancient Monument: Ref. F18
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