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Bridge immediately SW of Melai

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanfair Talhaiarn, Conwy

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1955 / 53°11'43"N

Longitude: -3.6465 / 3°38'47"W

OS Eastings: 290099

OS Northings: 367754

OS Grid: SH900677

Mapcode National: GBR 6B.2NPG

Mapcode Global: WH65L.YYQ4

Plus Code: 9C5R59W3+59

Entry Name: Bridge immediately SW of Melai

Listing Date: 30 January 1968

Last Amended: 22 July 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 195

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300000195

Location: Spanning the Nant Melai immediately SW of the house and farm group and giving access to the site.

County: Conwy

Community: Llanfair Talhaiarn (Llanfair Talhaearn)

Community: Llanfair Talhaiarn

Locality: Melai

Traditional County: Denbighshire

Tagged with: Bridge Driveway bridge

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History

Single-span bridge, probably of C17 origin, and constructed to give access to the house and farm group at Melai. The bridge has been slightly widened on the downstream side, perhaps in the early C19 at which time new agricultural ranges were constructed. Melai was an important seat in the early medieval period and was the ancestral home of the Wynnes of Melai and Maenan Abbey; from this house descended the Wynnes of Garthewin and the Lords Newborough of Rug. Melai produced High Sheriffs for Denbighshire in 1577, 1586, 1614, 1637 and finally 1712; thereafter Melai appears to have been tenanted.

Exterior

Single-span road bridge of local rubble construction; segmental arch with rough-dressed, recessed voussoirs. The carriageway is slightly humped and the bridge has rubble parapets, curved at the approaches and with cock-and-hen coping.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for the special historic and architectural interest of its origins as a bridge constructed to provide access to the farmstead at Melai.

Group value with other listed items at Melai.

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Other nearby listed buildings

  • II* Former Stable and Coach-house Range at Melai
    Located immediately SE of Melai, facing the house; a cobbled pavement lies in front.
  • II Melai
    Located at the SW boundary of the community immediately E of the Nant Melai and the old road from Llanfair to Llangernyw; facing a farm complex and set back behind curved rubble forecourt walls.
  • II Former Domestic Range at Melai
    Located immediately to the E of Melai farmhouse, and connected to it by a short stretch of wall; built with its rear against the hillslope.
  • II C-shaped Agricultural Range at Melai
    Located to the W of the main farm group at Melai, on the W side of the Nant Melai.
  • II Barn Range at Melai
    Facing the rear of the Stable and Coach-house range at Melai, and closing one side of a service courtyard.
  • II Tan-y-Graig Farmhouse
    Located at the SW boundary of the community, approximately 0.6km N of Melai, set back to the NW of the old road from Llanfair Talhaiarn to Llangernyw; accessed via a short track.

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