Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Longridge Bridge (Partly in New Moat Community)
Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 10 April 2004
- Locality
- Egremont
- Community
- Clynderwen
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.84276, -4.78066
- Cadw reference
- 82469
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
Spanning the Eastern Cleddau and carrying a minor road W of its junction with the B4313, approximately 3.5km W of Clynderwen.
History
An early C19 bridge, probably the bridge shown on the 1844 Tithe map.
Exterior
A single-span double-carriageway road bridge of snecked rubble with coped parapet. The wide, shallow pointed arch has dressed voussoirs, above which is a raised band at the base of the parapet. The long approach on the E bank has a segmental flood arch with sunk voussoirs and keystone. The deck is ramped to the centre.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a well-preserved early C19 road bridge
Nearby in the register
- Cleddau Railway Bridge (partly in New Moat Community)No class recordedunder 1 mi
- Gelli Bridge (partly in Llawhaden community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Gelli BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Gelly EarthworkRathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.