Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
3075
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/09/1985
Date of Amendment
22/08/2003
Name of Property
Footbridge at former Tredegar Park Golf Course
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Newport
Community
Graig
Town
Newport
Locality
Bassaleg
Easting
328433
Northing
186636
Street Side
Location
Spanning the Ebbw River close to the M4 on the E side of the former Tredegar Park Golf Course.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Probably dating from 1805 when the Park Mile Tramroad opened, iron superstructure of 1870 by C Jordan, engineers of Newport. The bridge and causeway were formerly part of a tramroad system linking Sirhowy and Tredegar with Newport Docks.
Exterior
Triple-span bridge with rubble abutments and piers, some dressed masonry to V-shaped cutwaters and cappings (projecting supports indicates original bridge width). Later ironwork deck of flanged girders with slotted-in plates and bolted handrails. Balusters with ball-finals, plain rods, commemorative plaques with shaped heads, royal arms and Tredegar arms. Inscriptions on plaques read ' C Jordan Engineer, Iron and Brass Founder, Newport, Mon, 1870.' and ' Mr R Paine, Surveyor to the Right Hon. The Lord Tredegar 1970 '. Modern pipe fixed to W side.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a rare survival of an early tramroad bridge.
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