Usk Bridge (aka Abergavenny Bridge) (partly in Abergavenny community) is a Grade II* listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 7 May 1952. Bridge.

Usk Bridge (aka Abergavenny Bridge) (partly in Abergavenny community)

WRENN ID
stony-brick-lichen
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
7 May 1952
Type
Bridge
Address
Usk Bridge (aka Abergavenny Bridge) (partly in Abergavenny community), Llanfoist Fawr
OS grid reference
SO 291 139
Coordinates
51.81938, -3.02918
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Usk Bridge, also known as Abergavenny Bridge, is a Grade II* listed seven-arch road bridge built from cut sandstone. The bridge features mostly segmental, voussoired arches, with the central and northern arches on the downstream side being more acutely pointed. The southernmost arch has been rebuilt, complete with an arch ring and keystone. It has pointed cutwaters and a ramped deck. At the Abergavenny end, there are two low flood arches with a stepped abutment in between, as well as an embanked causeway at both ends.

The bridge has been widened on the upstream side, which now includes more regularly shaped segmental arches with cutwaters that are stepped up beneath the rebuilt parapet. Corbelled brackets on this side once supported a railing. The low parapets have a flat coping and extend along the Llanfoist bank to the entrance of The Bridge End Inn, and on the Abergavenny bank to the gate leading to the riverside footpath. However, the parapet does not extend beyond the length of the bridge on the upstream side.

Local climate

Usk Bridge (aka Abergavenny Bridge) (partly in Abergavenny community) receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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