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.
Date of Designation
19/03/2001
Date of Amendment
19/03/2001
Name of Property
Ornamental bridge in the grounds of The Hendre
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Llangattock-Vibon-Avel
Location
Approximately 60m E of The Hendre
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
History
Probably mid-late C19, and part of the layout of the grounds at the hendre.
Exterior
A small ornamental bridge carrying one of the drives to the house over a small brook. Probably mid- to later-C19. Built of coursed rock-faced sandstone with freestone dressings. Gothic style. It consists of a semi-circular double-chamfered arch about 2m wide, with a moulded corbel over the apex, a slightly-arched chamfered string course, and parapets with 5 carved pierced quatrefoil panels either side of the centre, ridged copings and terminal piers with brattished tops.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good ornamental masonry bridge, a significant element in the layout at The Hendre
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