Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Dragon Bridge
Llandrinio, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 29 December 1994
- Locality
- The Green
- Community
- Llandrinio
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.72696, -3.10517
- Cadw reference
- 15425
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Cadw's description
Location
Lies at the road junction called The Green.
History
Canal bridge No.104 on Montgomeryshire Canal. Before 1797.
Exterior
Splayed abutments terminating in rectangular piers, battered in section. Gritstone, with square chamfered copings, flat on top, forming carriageway 4.58m wide. Bridge faced in red sandstone. Arch spanning the narrowed canal [3.5m] and towpath [2m], turned in 1+ red brick arch with towpath side chamfered [125mm]. Weep holes to abutment under arch. Canal revetted with red sandstone under bridge. Oval cast identity plate. Wall of parapet continues around corner following lane to Wern Mill.
Reason for designation
A well preserved example of a late C18 canal bridge.
Nearby in the register
- The VineCommercialunder 1 mi
- Barn, Cartshed and Granary Range at Upper HouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Upper HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Upper Lock ChamberTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.