Lock Road Bridge, Llanfrynach, Powys

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9364 / 51°56'10"N

Longitude: -3.3434 / 3°20'36"W

OS Eastings: 307736

OS Northings: 227280

OS Grid: SO077272

Mapcode National: GBR YR.N19S

Mapcode Global: VH6C0.0L9G

Plus Code: 9C3RWMP4+GJ

Entry Name: Lock Road Bridge

Listing Date: 17 January 1963

Last Amended: 28 July 2005

Grade: II*

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 6764

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300006764

Location: Situated some 200m S of the A40, carrying the road to Llanfrynach across the river Usk.

County: Powys

Town: Brecon

Community: Llanfrynach

Locality: Cefn Brynich

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

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History

Late C18 road bridge over the Usk.

Exterior

Road bridge over the river Usk. Rubble stone, four elliptical recessed arches with stone voussoirs separated by full-height cutwaters with pedestrian refuges. The S arch is lower than the other three. The cutwaters are slightly stepped, in three tiers with the bottom tier in squared stonework. Over the crown of each arch is a square drainage hole from the roadway.

Reasons for Listing

Graded II* for its exceptional interest as a particularly well designed road bridge over the Usk.

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II Lock House
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II* Cefn Brynich Canal Bridge Aqueduct
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II Barn range at Cefn Brynich
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II Canal Bridge No 162 Brecon & Abergavenny Canal
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Lock Road Bridge

A Grade II* Listed Building in Llanfrynach, Powys