Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Blackpool Bridge
Martletwy, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II* listed building in Blackpool, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire, designated on 21 June 1971.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 21 June 1971
- Locality
- Blackpool
- Community
- Martletwy
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.79554, -4.81452
- Cadw reference
- 6089
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 228 Haverfordwest (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Crossing the Eastern Cleddau adjacent to Blackpool Mill, closest to the highest navigable point of the river.
History
The inscription on the parapet states that the bridge was built in about 1830 by Baroness de Rutzen; the Baroness was the daughter and heiress of Nathaniel Phillips, the owner of the Slebech estate and of Blackpool Mill. The inscription plaque is apparently not contemporary with the bridge, as the date indicated appears only to be approximate.
Exterior
A bridge mostly of limestone but with some admixture of sandstone in the mass of the masonry; all the features are of limestone. It spans about 16 m in one semicircular arch. Ashlar voussoirs about 60 cm deep. There is no keystone, but, at apex, the arch supports a short pilaster terminating in a raised section of coping with a ball. Plain flanking pilasters at each abutment. At each parapet end is a similarly raised section with a ball. The carriageway of the bridge is unusually wide, at about 5.5 m between parapets; the approaches rise gently to the centre.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well proportioned and elegantly designed estate bridge; listed also for group value with Blackpool Mill, with which it forms a fine composition.
Nearby in the register
- Blackpool BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Blackpool MillIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Blackpool Iron FurnaceIronworksunder 1 mi
- High Toch FarmhouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.