Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Berriew Aqueduct
Berriew, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Berriew, Powys, designated on 21 August 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Water Supply and Drainage
- Date of designation
- 21 August 1995
- Community
- Berriew
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.59715, -3.19932
- Cadw reference
- 16349
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Carries the Montgomeryshire Canal over the River Rhiw SE of Berriew village.
History
An aqueduct was built between 1794 and 1797 as part of the original engineering of the canal (engineered by John and Thomas Dadford), but the original masonry structure was re-faced in extensive restoration work in 1889, carried out by the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company.
Exterior
Blue and red engineering brick, with stone dressings. 2 arches span the river, with keeled stone cutwater between them. Each has a stone drip mould, and a moulded string course defines the base of the deck. Narrower side arches carry the road and a track, and are similar detailed. The arches are all divided by projecting pilaster buttresses. Plain cruciform-section cast iron posts and railings to parapet. E face carries stone plaque inscribed with date of restoration.
Reason for designation
A fine example of an aqueduct from the later phases of work on the Montgomeryshire Canal.
Nearby in the register
- No 2 (with attached outbuildings)Domesticunder 1 mi
- No1 with attached outbuildingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- No3 (excluding modern extensions)Domesticunder 1 mi
- 4 Church TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.