Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
82464
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/04/2004
Date of Amendment
10/02/2004
Name of Property
Cleddau Railway Bridge (partly in New Moat Community)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Clynderwen
Town
Locality
Egremont
Easting
208572
Northing
219733
Street Side
Location
Spanning the Eastern Cleddau W of the B4313, immediately N of Longridge Bridge, and approximately 3.5km W of Clynderwen.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Railway bridge built 1851-2 on the Carmarthen to Clarbeston Road section of the South Wales Railway, later extended to Neyland in 1856. The chief engineer was I K Brunel.
Exterior
A 2-span double-track viaduct of snecked freestone and hammer-dressed voussoirs to round arches. The central pier is tapering. A raised band is beneath the parapet, which has been heightened in snecked blockwork with metal fence. The high embankments have raked retaining walls.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a fine mid C19 railway bridge from the office of one of Britain's foremost civil engineers.
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