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Latitude: 52.2755 / 52°16'31"N
Longitude: -3.0031 / 3°0'11"W
OS Eastings: 331655
OS Northings: 264622
OS Grid: SO316646
Mapcode National: GBR B6.YMBY
Mapcode Global: VH772.W2RF
Plus Code: 9C4R7XGW+5Q
Entry Name: Lugg Bridge
Listing Date: 16 October 1967
Last Amended: 25 January 2018
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1076992
English Heritage Legacy ID: 149171
ID on this website: 101076992
Location: County of Herefordshire, LD8
County: County of Herefordshire
Civil Parish: Stapleton
Built-Up Area: Presteigne
Traditional County: Radnorshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Herefordshire
Church of England Parish: Presteigne with Discoed
Church of England Diocese: Hereford
Road bridge. C17, with late C20 alterations.
Road bridge. C17, with late C20 alterations.
MATERIALS: built of roughly coursed sandstone.
DESCRIPTION: the road bridge spans the River Lugg, connecting Stapleton in Herefordshire, England with Presteigne in Powys, Wales. The bridge comprises three semi-circular arches with voussoirs. The central arch is flanked by full-height triangular cutwaters to both the down and upstream sides; these support refuges above. The parapets have plain, flat, coping stones.
Lugg Bridge, a road bridge over the River Lugg connecting Stapleton in Herefordshire, England with Presteigne in Powys, Wales, appears to have been built in the C17. In the late C20 the bridge was strengthened, and following the lowering of the river bed to alleviate flooding, concrete ‘aprons’ were added around the base of the cutwaters.
Lugg Bridge in Stapleton, Herefordshire is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
* as a well-constructed example of a post-medieval, multi-span road bridge with semi-circular arches and triangular cutwaters illustrating post-medieval bridge building techniques.
Historic interest:
* despite later alterations, its post-medieval characteristics and form remain evident, retaining a good degree of historic fabric.
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