Smart’s Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 July 2000. A Victorian Bridge.

Smart’s Bridge

WRENN ID: standing-finial-stoat
Grade: II*
Local Planning Authority: Brecon Beacons National Park
Country: Wales
Date first listed: 27 July 2000
Type: Bridge
Period: Victorian
Source: Cadw listing

Description

Cast-iron bridge of wide single-span (2.9 metres) over rocky bed of River Clydach. Segmental arch with decorative spandrels having repeated lancets: dated 1824 on crown of arch to both sides. Surface of carriageway is iron-plated, grooved for rails, with transversse grips each side of grooves. Bridge is built off rubble piers, built on the rock. Simple iron railings added in 1987 (said to be similar to original ones), terminated in lengths of rubble walling.

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