Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Footbridge by Pen-y-Ffos
St. David's and the Cathedral Close, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 26 August 1981
- Community
- St. David's and the Cathedral Close
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.88226, -5.26893
- Cadw reference
- 12550
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated immediately N of W end of the cathedral, linking Saint David's Cathedral and Cathedral hall with Bishop's Palace and houses of The Close.
History
Uncertain date, possibly C18.
Exterior
Footbridge over River Alun. Single arch of rubble stone with cut stone voussoirs and flat parapet, ramped steeply down on N side which has flight of six slate steps up. S end terminates at rubble stone high piers with pyramidal caps. Cobbled surface to footway.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Retaining Wall on SE.Side of River Alun, from Ford to Bridge by Cloister HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pen-y-FfosDomesticunder 1 mi
- St David's Cathedral Hall (formerly Chapel of St Mary's College) & attached Cloister RuinsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Retaining Wall on NE.Side of River Alun between Bridge by Pen-y-Ffos and Bridge behind Cloister HallDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.