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
20184
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
28/07/1998  
Date of Amendment
28/07/1998  
Name of Property
Kidwelly Bridge/Pont Cydweli  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire  
Community
Kidwelly  
Town
Kidwelly  
Locality
Kidwelly/Cydweli  
Easting
240689  
Northing
206855  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated on main road (A 484) crossing Gwendraeth Fach, between Bridge Street and New Street.  

Description


Broad Class
Transport  
Period
 

History
Road bridge over Gwendraeth Fach of three distinct periods, the original narrow bridge of uncertain date possibly late C15, widened twice, the exterior faces and parapets now of c1920-30. A bridge is mentioned by Leland in the C16, described as a handsome stone bridge in 1816 by Rees, this probably the bridge illustrated by Gastineau in the earlier C19 with one round and one pointed arch.  

Exterior
Rubble stone two-arch bridge with early C20 coursed rock-faced rubble facing to both sides, stone voussoirs to segmental arches, string course and parapet. Parapet has tooled limestone coping and four raised piers, each with tooled limestone caps. Bridge is carried on a big centre pier with large cutwater both sides into which die the arches of the various bridge widenings. Cutwater projects slightly beyond face of final widening and is carried up to just below parapet coping. Underside of bridge shows clearly line of widening both sides. The original S arch is pointed and the N arch rounded, they die into the main part of the centre pier. The widening has been with segmental arches from the cutwater suggesting that possibly the original bridge had cutwaters carried up as pedestrian refuges.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed as an early stone bridge, disguised by later alterations.  

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