Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
20194
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/07/1998
Date of Amendment
28/07/1998
Name of Property
Cae Newydd Railway Bridge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Kidwelly
Town
Kidwelly
Locality
Kidwelly/Cydweli
Easting
240693
Northing
205913
Street Side
S
Location
Situated some 200m off main road (A 484), approached by footpath past Cae Newydd Farm some 100m NE of Kidwelly Bridge. Bridge is some 800m SE of Kidwelly station.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Road bridge over railway, carrying a farm track from Cae Newydd over Swansea-Carmarthen line. Probably built c1840 for Brunel's South Wales Railway.
Exterior
Rubble stone single arched bridge with broad elliptical arch of cut stone flush voussoirs. Rubble stone parapet with broad band stepped out from string course below. Cut-stone coping and raised end piers. Raking retaining walls each side along rail track.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a good surviving example of a Brunel railway bridge.
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