Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bridge 115 over the Montgomeryshire Canal
Welshpool, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Buttington Cross, Welshpool, Powys, designated on 29 February 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 29 February 1996
- Locality
- Buttington Cross
- Community
- Welshpool
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.67248, -3.12398
- Cadw reference
- 16752
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 lane over the canal at Buttington Wharf, immediately W of the roundabout on the A483 at Buttington Cross.
Exterior
History: The Montgomeryshire Canal was built as far as Garthmyl, to the S of Welshpool, 1794-97, engineered by John and Thomas Dadford. This bridge (with some later repair work) belongs to this original engineering work.
Description: Brick with stone copings to parapet. Single arched span, with slightly curving abutments, terminating in simple piers. Voussoir arch with advanced brick 'keystone'.
Included as part of the original engineering of the Montgomeryshire Canal, and as part of a group of canal-related structures at Buttington Wharf.
Nearby in the register
- Buttington LimekilnsIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Mount PleasantDomesticunder 1 mi
- The MalthouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Buttington BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.