Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Criggion Bridge
Bausley with Criggion, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 29 December 1994
- Locality
- Criggion Bridge
- Community
- Bausley with Criggion
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.73500, -3.02579
- Cadw reference
- 15446
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 1637 "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Road bridge over the Newtown Brook.
History
c 1775-80.
Exterior
Sandstone, single segmental arch with parapets with splayed ends terminating in rectangular piers. Arch has heavy raised voussoirs and tall keystone extending up to square string. Orthostatic parapet. West side parapet has been rebuilt in concrete.
Reason for designation
Included as a good local example of a Georgian bridge.
Nearby in the register
- Brimford HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Old VicarageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Lacon VillaDomesticunder 1 mi
- Manor Farmhouse (also known as Crew Green Farmhouse)Domesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.