Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bridge 124 over the Montgomeryshire Canal
Welshpool, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Wernllwyd, Welshpool, Powys, designated on 29 February 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 29 February 1996
- Locality
- Wernllwyd
- Community
- Welshpool
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.61847, -3.17853
- Cadw reference
- 16814
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales
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 a field track over the canal NW of Wernllwyd.
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 belongs to this original engineering work.
Description: Brick with stone copings to parapet. Single arched span, with slightly curving abutments, terminating in simple piers (damaged on the W side). Voussoir arch with advanced brick 'keystone'; simple string course defines base of parapet.
Included as part of the original engineering of the Montgomeryshire Canal, retaining its original character in spite of some damage.
Nearby in the register
- Wernllwyd FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Brithdir Lock CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Brtihdir LockTransportunder 1 mi
- Brithdir LimekilnsIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.