Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cefn Mably Bridge (also known as Cefn Llwyd Bridge) (partly in Michaelston-y-Fedw Community)
Rudry, Caerphilly, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 5 March 1999
- Locality
- Cefn Mably
- Community
- Rudry
- Unitary authority
- Caerphilly
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.55327, -3.11136
- Cadw reference
- 21441
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Road bridge over River Rhymney approximately 1km W of Michaelston-y-Fedw Church and carrying a minor road between Michaelston-y-Fedw and Cefn Mably
History
Early C19 bridge shown in its present form on the 1839 Llanfedw Tithe map. In detail it is similar to Michaelston Bridge.
Exterior
Rubble-stone, 2-span bridge in vernacular style, with segmental arches and arch rings, and plain abutments. The central pier has V-shaped cutwaters with a shallow offset near the base and rising the full-height of the parapet to define refuges. The low parapet has replaced copings and curves outwards on R bank.
Reason for designation
A good and well-preserved example of an early C19 road bridge, one of a pair with Michaelston Bridge.
Nearby in the register
- Cefn Mably BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Terraces and ornamental structures to SE of Cefn MablyHealth and Welfareunder 1 mi
- Cefn MablyDomesticunder 1 mi
- Walls of former kitchen garden at Cefn MablyGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.