Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Driveway bridge over Afon Miwl
Kerry, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Dolforgan, Newtown, Kerry, Powys, designated on 12 September 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 12 September 1996
- Locality
- Dolforgan
- Town
- Newtown
- Community
- Kerry
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.50325, -3.26143
- Cadw reference
- 17292
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 165 Montgomery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located on the former driveway from Dolforgan Lodges to Dolforgan Hall.
Exterior
1818. Cast iron bridge of 4 rings of cast iron, each in 2 sections, bolted at the centre, with open ring spandrels and abutment frames bearing on stone abutments. The deck is of timber boards carried on iron/steel joists placed longitudinally each side and protected at the edges by finely detailed cast iron railings.In poor condition at the time of inspection (January 1996).
Reason for designation
Included as an interesting early use of cast iron and as a significant component of the early layout at Dolforgan Hall.
Nearby in the register
- Fountain in S garden at Dolforgen HallGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Dolforgan HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Coachhouse at Dolforgan HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Dolforgan Lodge (West) with gate screen, piers and gate formerly to Dolforgan HallDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.