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
14764
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/07/1994
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Footbridge over Roath Brook in Roath Park Pleasure Gardens
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Roath
Town
Cardiff
Locality
Roath Park
Easting
318690
Northing
178630
Street Side
Location
Spanning Roath brook and reached from the path NW off Alder Road.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Roath Park was the first publicly owned park in Cardiff and was designed to provide a wide range of recreational facilities for the inhabitants of east Cardiff. The land was dontaed by the 3rd Marquess of Bute, Lord Tredegar and other land owners. The park was laid out by William Harpur, the borough engineer, between 1887 and 1894. The S end of the park, between Ninian Road and Ty Draw Road, was conceived as Pleasure Gardens, with recreation ground further E. The footbridge over Roath brook was built in 1894, an especially early example of reinforced concrete construction, and probably uses one of the reinforced concrete systems as an alternative to the well known Hennibique system.
Exterior
Single-span footbridge built and decorated in reinforced concrete. A shallow segmental arch has rope-moulded ornanmentation and short spandrel columns. The parapet has rounded balusters and intermediate piers with Celtic interlace in low relief, and roll-moulded hand rail. Pergolas at the ends each have 2 pairs of uprights with vine trails in low relief. The deck is re-laid in coarse concrete and is ramped to a flat centre.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a rare-surviving early concrete bridge, retaining intricate Celtic detail not normally associated with concrete construction, for its contribution to the character of Roath Park Pleasure Gardens, and for group value with other Roath Park bridges in Plasnewydd and Cyncoed communities.
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