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
22877
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
03/03/2000  
Date of Amendment
03/03/2000  
Name of Property
Packhorse Bridge over Burry Pill  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Swansea  
Community
Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton  
Town
Swansea  
Locality
Cheriton  
Easting
245870  
Northing
192652  
Street Side
 
Location
In Cheriton Wood, on a footpath south west from Kittlehill  

Description


Broad Class
Transport  
Period
 

History
Probably an early C17 bridge, taken to be contemporary with Western Mill, possibly built by the miller to enable packhorses to come and go without having to pass through a ford. The mill is believed to be early C17; it is mentioned in a lease renewal of 1667 as a grist mill tenanted by Henry Else. The bridge replaces a ford across the Burry Pill, on a path connecting the mill to Cheriton and Landimore via Kittle Hill. The bridge is clearly indicated on the 1844 Tithe Map.  

Exterior
A packhorse bridge (or a bridge for small carts only) without parapets, on three small segmental arches each of about 1½ metres span. Rubble masonry, axe-dressed arches. The bridge is about 2½ metres wide and including the approaches about 30 metres in length. The centre arch has been rebuilt in a rougher technique.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
A very well preserved small vernacular bridge for packhorse or small cart traffic.  

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