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
21441
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
05/03/1999
Date of Amendment
05/03/1999
Name of Property
Cefn Mably Bridge (also known as Cefn Llwyd Bridge)
(partly in Michaelston-y-Fedw Community)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Caerphilly
Community
Rudry
Town
Locality
Cefn Mably
Easting
323043
Northing
184406
Street Side
Location
Road bridge over River Rhymney approximately 1km W of Michaelston-y-Fedw Church and carrying a minor road between Michaelston-y-Fedw and Cefn Mably
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Early C19 bridge shown in its present form on the 1839 Llanfedw Tithe map. In detail it is similar to Michaelston Bridge.
Exterior
Rubble-stone, 2-span bridge in vernacular style, with segmental arches and arch rings, and plain abutments. The central pier has V-shaped cutwaters with a shallow offset near the base and rising the full-height of the parapet to define refuges. The low parapet has replaced copings and curves outwards on R bank.
Interior
Reason for designation
A good and well-preserved example of an early C19 road bridge, one of a pair with Michaelston Bridge.
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