Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cenarth Bridge (Partly in Ceredigion District)
Cenarth, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II* listed building in Cenarth, Carmarthenshire, designated on 23 June 1967.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 23 June 1967
- Community
- Cenarth
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.04550, -4.52533
- Cadw reference
- 9374
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 1830 map "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 194 Llangranog (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated spanning River Teifi at Cenarth Falls, the first half of the S span only in Cenarth Community area, the rest in Beulah Community, Ceredigion.
History
1785-7 road bridge over the Teifi, designed by David Edwards. Cardiganshire Quarter Session Accounts for 1787 give final payment to the builders, Messrs Watkins and Webb and £2/12/6d to David Edwards for half his fee. Similar entries 1787-8 in Carmarthenshire.
Exterior
Rubble stone three-arch bridge of broad elliptical arches on short stone piers, the arch rings slightly recessed and the two spandrels pierced by large circular openings to lighten structure and allow floodwater through. Rubble stone parapet with rough slate coping. The NW approach was splayed to widen in 1852 by R K Penson.
Scheduled Ancient Monument: Cm 17
Reason for designation
One of the finest bridges in the area, related to the series of bridges by the Edwards family beginning with Pontypridd Bridge where the characteristic spandrel holes were first displayed.
Nearby in the register
- Cenarth Bridge (partly in Carmarthen District)Transportunder 1 mi
- Cenarth BridgeBridgeunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box outside Cenarth Post OfficeCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- Glantrifi (The Post Office)Communicationsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.