Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bridge 140 over The Canal
Berriew, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 21 August 1995
- Locality
- Fron
- Community
- Berriew
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.56720, -3.21738
- Cadw reference
- 16369
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Carries a track or drive-way over the canal off the W side of A483 0.3km approx. S of Fron Post Office Stores.
History
The stretch of Montgomeryshire Canal between Garthmyl and Newtown was constructed between 1815 and 1819-21 (Josiah Jessop, engineer). This bridge forms part of that phase of construction (with some later repair work).
Exterior
Single span brick arched bridge, with some stone dressings. Outer piers and parapet have pyramidal stone copings, and stone string course marks the position of the road bed. Splayed in plan, and in section rising in a shallow curve. The small brick building alongside the bridge on the W side of the canal may have been a small workshop: brick with slate hung gable wall and slate roof with gable end stack. 2 storeys, though built into the bank, and with the doorway up steps at the upper level, with single window alongside.
Reason for designation
Included as an integral part of the engineering work of the Montgomeryshire Canal.
Nearby in the register
- Brick Shed alongside Bridge 140 over The CanalAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Bridge 139 over The Montgomeryshire CanalTransportunder 1 mi
- Maes FronDomesticunder 1 mi
- Red House FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.