History

Built in 1839 by Thomas Price of Llangammarch, for the country estate of James Watt of Soho, Birmingham, the son of the famous inventor (the details are recorded on a tablet on the parapet). One of 3 surviving estate bridges built by Price in 1839.

Exterior

A single-carriageway bridge of coursed rubble stone. A single segmental arch with hammer-dressed voussoirs and keystone is set back from the main face of the bridge behind hammer-dressed quoins. Above the arch, at the base of the parapet, is a thin dressed stone band. The parapet is stepped in, curves out at the ends to simple square terminal piers, and has flat stone copings. On the upstream side of the parapet is a stone tablet recording the building of the bridge.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a good though simple early C19 road bridge and as one of a series of 3 estate bridges built across Cwm Trafle.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29501394

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets