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
30/12/2005
Date of Amendment
30/12/2005
Name of Property
Cadnant Bridge
Location
To the SW of Bangor Road, spanning the railway.
History
Built in the late C19 to connect new Cadnant Park suburban housing to Bangor Road, and shown on the 1889 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
A single carriageway 3-bay viaduct over a deep railway cutting, of rubble stone with tooled dressings. It has tall piers with continuous chamfers to round arches. Above the central arch is a blank shield in each face. The parapet has round-backed tooled copings and is raised above the central arch. Terminal piers (partly overgrown at the time of survey) are rectangular, and the copings have been removed. Rubble-stone walls are attached at each end.
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine C19 road bridge of distinctive character, and for its historical interest as part of the late C19 suburban development of Conwy.
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