Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
1905
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/02/1988
Date of Amendment
31/03/1999
Name of Property
Bridge over Sirhowy River at Gelligroes
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Caerphilly
Community
Ynysddu
Town
Locality
Gelli-groes
Easting
317812
Northing
194694
Street Side
Location
Bridge forms part of the S boundary between Pontllanfraith and Ynysddu; adjacent to the mill complex and small hamlet of Gelli-groes; reached by a side road running SE from Newport Road (A4048).
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Probably C18. Repaired and repointed 1987. Old photographs show the parapet with railings.
Exterior
Single arch hump-backed bridge of rubble with very deep thin voussoirs to the wide elliptical river arch which is buttressed at river level. Parapets with flat coping stones. Unequal splayed approaches of snecked rubble and part stepped at ground level. Narrow roadway.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a pre-industrial river bridge; group value with the Mill and Mill House at Gelli-groes.
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