Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bridge over Afon Cadnant
Menai Bridge, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 18 July 1997
- Locality
- Cwm Cadnant
- Town
- Menai Bridge
- Community
- Menai Bridge
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.23365, -4.15838
- Cadw reference
- 18565
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1896 "Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Located at the mouth of the Afon Cadnant, where it runs into the Menai Strait.
History
In 1805 Viscount Thomas James Warren Bulkeley, (7th Viscount) made a new road through his own land to run alongside the Straits. The county was asked to pay for a bridge over Afon Cadnant. The road was opened in 1806. The road was later turned into a turnpike in 1828 and the bridge continued to be used as part of the main route between Menai Bridge and Beaumaris until a new bridge was built over the Afon Cadnant in 1973. This by-passes the old bridge, though it may still be crossed and is used when repairs are being made to the newer bridge.
Exterior
Single span segmentally arched bridge of coursed and squared granite with buttresses either side of the span. The parapets have been raised or rebuilt at a later date.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-preserved example of an early C19 masonry bridge which is of particular historical interest in the context of early C19 improvements to transport on the island.
Nearby in the register
- Bridge over Afon Cadnant (partly in Menai Bridge community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Nant CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Plas CadnantDomesticunder 1 mi
- Plas Cadnant IcehouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.