Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont Ysgawrhyd
Meifod, Powys, Wales
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.
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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
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.