Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bridge 111 over the Montgomeryshire Canal
Welshpool, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pool Quay, Welshpool, Powys, designated on 29 February 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 29 February 1996
- Locality
- Pool Quay
- Community
- Welshpool
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.69719, -3.10211
- Cadw reference
- 16773
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 leading to Dyers Hall Farm over the canal, immediately N of Top Lock.
Exterior
History: The Eastern Branch of the Montgomeryshire Canal was built between 1794 and 1797, engineered by John and Thomas Dadford. This bridge (with later repair) probably forms part of this original engineering work.
Description: Single arched brick bridge, with plain segmental arch, and ramped parapet with simple terminal piers and stone copings.
An important component in a group of canal structures at the lock at Pool Quay
Nearby in the register
- Lock CottageTransportunder 1 mi
- Top LockTransportunder 1 mi
- Ivy House with outbuildingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Manor HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.