Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
22209
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/08/1999
Date of Amendment
27/08/1999
Name of Property
Llandybie Bridge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llandybie
Town
Ammanford
Locality
Llandybie village
Easting
261917
Northing
215474
Street Side
Location
At the crossing of Church St / King's Road over the Afon Marlais in Llandybie village.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
A bridge probably of the mid- or late-C19.
Exterior
A stone bridge with slightly skewed high segmental main span of about 6m. To the east side of the main channel is a small span of about 1.5m wide, similarly constructed, which may be connected functionally with the nearby listed corn mill as a tail-race arch. The bridge is in masonry consisting mostly of axe-squared limestone laid in snecked courses. Much of the masonry including the voussoirs is rock-faced.
Carriageway about 7m wide between parapets about 0.9m high. Flat parapet copings also rock-faced where of limestone; some of the copings are in gritstone. At the south east the parapet has a small return to the river bank.
Interior
Reason for designation
A C19 bridge of vernacular character in a group with the listed village corn mill and miller's house.
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