Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
16883
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/05/1996
Date of Amendment
25/11/2003
Name of Property
Former canal overbridge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Pembrey and Burry Port Town
Town
Locality
Pembrey
Easting
242792
Northing
201128
Street Side
NW
Location
Located at the NW end of Ashburnham Road, 100m SW of the parish church.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
The Kidwelly & Llanelly Canal was begun in 1812 and extended from Llanelli to Kymer's Canal (1769) on the E side of Kidwelly. Later the canal was taken over by the Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway and in 1869 it built a railway mainly on the bed of the old canal. The BP&GVR was taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1922. The railway closed in 1985. The bridge carries a road through the village and is shown on the 1839 Tithe map.
Exterior
Slightly skewed single-span, single-carriageway coursed-stone bridge, with freestone voussoirs to a 3-centred arch. A raised impost band is carried up over the arch. The parapet has plain copings and curves sharply outwards to square terminal piers. In the channel beneath the bridge is a raised course, or 'rubbing strake', defining the original level of water in the canal.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a well preserved early C19 canal bridge, one of the few remaining in this area.
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