New Bridge, Llanhennock, Monmouthshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6486 / 51°38'54"N

Longitude: -2.8903 / 2°53'25"W

OS Eastings: 338498

OS Northings: 194797

OS Grid: ST384947

Mapcode National: GBR JB.77PQ

Mapcode Global: VH7B1.VTCK

Plus Code: 9C3VJ4X5+CV

Entry Name: New Bridge

Listing Date: 18 November 1980

Last Amended: 6 December 2005

Grade: II*

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 2704

Building Class: Transport

Also known as: New Bridge, Newbridge-on-Usk

ID on this website: 300002704

Location: Crossing the River Usk east of Tredunnock village and joining the Communities of Llanhennock and Llantrisant.

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Newport

Community: Llanhennock (Llanhenwg)

Community: Llangybi

Locality: Newbridge-on-Usk

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: Road bridge

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History

Road bridge over the Usk, built in 1779, said by Coxe to have been designed by William Edwards, noted bridge builder of Pontypridd Bridge, or by one of his sons. A bridge was first recorded in 1521 when John Thomas left 3/4d towards building Tredynog Bridge, a timber bridge which was later collapsed. The 1779 bridge was built by Walter Bowen and Christopher Thorn, and was damaged by flood while being built. Little altered from its first appearance apart from having rebuilt parapets.

Exterior

Road bridge of thin coursed red sandstone, with heavier stonework to rebuilt parapets. Three elliptical arches, central one being both wider and higher. Large, sharply angled cutwaters, with triple setbacks up to pedestrian refuges. Flush, plain concrete-coped parapet of squared rubble stone. The parapet continues some 28m east, curving slightly north. The carriageway, which appears never to have been widened, is only about 3.2m wide. The eastern half of the bridge is listed in Llantrisant Fawr Community.

Reasons for Listing

Included and highly graded as an elegant Georgian triple-arched bridge of considerable scale which is probably the work of the noted Edwards bridge building family.

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II* Church of St. Andrew
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New Bridge

A Grade II* Listed Building in Llanhennock, Monmouthshire