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
22561
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/10/1999
Date of Amendment
29/10/1999
Name of Property
Japanese Bridge in Clyne Gardens
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Mumbles
Town
Swansea
Locality
Clyne Castle
Easting
261075
Northing
190329
Street Side
Location
In Clyne Gardens to the SW of Clyne Castle and crossing the Brock Hole stream with a pond on the W side.
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 Japanese bridge dates from this period. After his 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 shallow arched wooden footbridge painted red. Square posts have white-painted finials. The parapet has alternate full- and half-height vertical wooden struts. The deck is laid with planks. (Similar-styled wooden posts to steps on the N side are a later addition.)
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for group value with Clyne Castle and other associated listed items in Clyne Gardens.
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