Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont Ysgawrhyd
Meifod, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pontysgawrhyd, Meifod, Powys, designated on 26 May 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 26 May 1995
- Locality
- Pontysgawrhyd
- Community
- Meifod
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.73230, -3.19265
- Cadw reference
- 15991
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "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).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 151 Welshpool (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1916 · Sheet 60. Shrewsbury. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located on the main Meifod to Welshpool Road crossing the Dyffryn Meifod.
History
C19 road bridge over the River Vwrnwy.
Exterior
Large squared rubble. Three segmental arches of raised V-jointed voussoirs with a raised keystone. Plat band and orthostatic parapet of scabled and margin dressed stone. Two water piers with radiused cutwater upstream, rounded tail and weathered copings. Two land arches on NW over flood plain with a cattle creep against the S abutment.
Reason for designation
Included as a handsome and unspoiled example of skilled bridge building within this parish, with details contrasting informatively with the bridges at Newbridge.
Nearby in the register
- Mile PostTransportunder 1 mi
- Stable Building at Ystumcolwyn FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cruck-framed farm-building at Ystum ColwynAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Brewhouse Range at Ystumcolwyn FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.