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
22551
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/10/1999
Date of Amendment
29/10/1999
Name of Property
Italian Bridge in Clyne Gardens
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Mumbles
Town
Swansea
Locality
Clyne Castle
Easting
261449
Northing
190570
Street Side
Location
In Clyne Gardens on the E side of Clyne Castle.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Clyne Castle was owned by the Vivian family, one of the most prominent of the Swansea industrial families, between 1860 and 1952. The first occupant, William Graham Vivian, focused his attentions on alterations to the house, and made a new entrance drive with lodge on the S side. Admiral Algernon Walker-Heneage-Vivian, who lived in the house between 1921 and 1952, extended the pleasure grounds in front of the house, where there are 3 National Collections of Rhododendrons and National Collections of Enkianthus and Pieris. The Italian bridge dates from this period and was part of the former Italian garden, a formal area below the S front of the house ornamented with running water. After Vivian's death in 1952 the house and grounds were sold to the Borough of Swansea, which opened the former pleasure grounds in 1954 as a pubic park, now known as Clyne Gardens.
Exterior
A small single-span bridge of concrete and rubble stone. The abutments are curved outwards and terminate in square concrete piers with moulded panels and copings. The parapet has recessed panels and moulded coping. The ramped approaches lead to a flat deck.
Beneath the arch is a concrete-lined basin with moulded stone coping. On the downhill side is a rubble revetment and a rubble-stone freestanding pillar with moulded coping, probably intended for a statue.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an integral component of the gardens at Clyne Castle and for group value with Clyne Castle and other associated listed items.
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