Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cook's Bridge
Rossett, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Allington, Rossett, Wrexham, designated on 18 October 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 18 October 1996
- Locality
- Allington
- Community
- Rossett
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.10046, -2.92418
- Cadw reference
- 17456
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)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1930 · OS Popular Edition 1919-1947 (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
Cook's Bridge crosses the River Alyn to the south-east of Cooksbridge Farm roughly half a kilometre from Rossett Road.
Exterior
Earlier C19 large single-span ashlar stone bridge. Segmental arch with voussoirs and a keystone which projects into string course. Parapets are widely swept at either end to allow for waiting traffic; flat coping.
Reason for designation
Listed as an elegantly designed earlier C19 bridge.
Nearby in the register
- Cooksbridge FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Hem HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Trevalyn FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Former Stable-block to NE of Trevalyn HospitalHealth and Welfareunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.