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
6786
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/01/1963
Date of Amendment
27/05/2005
Name of Property
Abercamlais Bridge/ Pont Abercamlais and door in attached wall to NE
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Trallong
Town
Brecon
Locality
Abercamlais
Easting
296524
Northing
229064
Street Side
Location
Situated to N of the yard at Abercamlais, across the Usk.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Road bridge over the Usk, now private, of uncertain date, said to be c. 1600, widened on W side c. 1680.
Exterior
Large rubble stone bridge of four broad segmental arches with cut stone voussoirs on elongated hexagonal piers, the cutwaters carried up as three pedestrian refuges on the E side. The four arches are two of 8.5m (28 ft), one of 8m (26 ft) and one of 4.5m (15 ft). The widened W side has arches with stone voussoirs dying into the cutwaters, which are chamfered off below parapet level, except the N one carried up as pedestrian refuge. The E parapet is of squared stone with flat copings, and joins to N a stretch of stone wall with basket-arched doorway in pedimented surround of cut tooled stone, with stone voussoirs. The W parapet has rougher coping stones. At the S end a big single stone pier with wrought iron gate.
Interior
Reason for designation
Graded II* for its exceptional interest as a fine large river bridge probably of C17 date, closely associated with an important historic estate.
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