Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
16/01/2004
Date of Amendment
16/01/2004
Name of Property
Lonlas or Llwynbrydrau bridge
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Location
Crossing the South Wales Railway just SW of the M4 motorway and approached from the W by Frederick Place.
History
Road bridge over the South Wales Railway, built c1850 probably to designs of I. K. Brunel. The Llansamlet station was originally just SE of the bridge which carried an important route from Llansamlet to Lonlas. The M4 motorway was built over this road and now the bridge serves a subway under the motorway.
Exterior
Road bridge over railway, rubble stone with tooled stone voussoirs to segmental single arch. Rubble stone parapets, with plinth on inner sides, the W parapet flat topped with coping stone, the E one roughly humped. Splayed abutments sloping down with tooled stone copings
Reason for designation
Included as a fine well-preserved mid C19 stone bridge probably designed by IK Brunel, the renowned Victorian engineer.
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