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
25047
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
19/03/2001  
Date of Amendment
19/03/2001  
Name of Property
Skenfrith Bridge  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire  
Community
Skenfrith  
Town
Monmouth  
Locality
Skenfrith  
Easting
345820  
Northing
220227  
Street Side
 
Location
Crossing the River Monnow approximately 100m E of Skenfrith Castle.  

Description


Broad Class
Transport  
Period
 

History
Rebuilt in 1824 by the County of Monmouth.  

Exterior
A 3-span stone-built public road bridge over the River Monnow. Built of coursed rubble with dressed voussoirs and parapet copings. Three segmental arches with plain dressed voussoirs, the central arch slightly higher than the others, with triangular cutwaters to both sides, a plain string-course to each side, and parapets with slightly convex copings. The two piers in the centre are now protected by shallow hexagonal concrete plinths. In the centre of the inner side of the south parapet is a wide rectangular panel bearing the inscription "This Bridge was Rebuilt at the Expense of the County of Monmouth in the Fifth year of The Reign of GEORGE THE FOURTH, And in the year of Our LORD 1824". (This is slightly eroded but still legible.) The bridge groups well Skenfrith Mill (q.v.) and Skenfrith Castle (q.v.). The eastern half of the structure is in the County of Herefordshire, England.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as a well-designed Georgian bridge, and for its group value with Skenfrith Mill and Skenfrith Castle.  

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