Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bridge over River Lliedi
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, designated on 12 March 1992.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 12 March 1992
- Community
- Llanelli
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.68012, -4.16937
- Cadw reference
- 11947
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1907 · 246 Worms Head (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1920 · Sheet 100. Llanelly. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated some 100 m from east end of street
History
Circa 1860 road bridge over River Lliedi.
Exterior
Ashlar and rubble stone bridge with red brick skewed single elliptical arch. Arch has large ashlar voussoirs and keystone. String course over and parapet with heavy coping stones. Raised flanking piers and outer piers with string course and coping broken forward over. Under bridge, ashlar plinth with raised course below red brick arch.
Reason for designation
A good example of skew arch construction.
Nearby in the register
- Tinhouse, Old Castle Tinplate WorksIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Old Castle motteMotteunder 1 mi
- Moriah Baptist ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Boer War Memorial in Gardens at the HallCommemorativeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.