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.
Date of Designation
29/01/1998
Date of Amendment
29/01/1998
Name of Property
Bridge over Afon Honddu
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Location
Carries the Capel-y-ffin road over the Afon Honddu about 400m west of Llanthony Priory.
History
An early C19 bridge very similar to Bugle Bridge and Pen-y-bont Bridge lower down the Afon Honddu, the latter of which was rebuilt in 1827. Such a bridge will have had repairs and rebuildings but the early C19 form remains the same.
Exterior
Red/grey sandstone rubble with dressed voussoirs. Single arch bridge with coped parapet walls and splayed abutments. Metal pipe attached on the downstream side.
Reason for designation
Included as a well preserved bridge dating from the early C19.
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