Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lady's Bridge, Brynkinallt Park (continued into England)
Chirk, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Brynkinallt, Wrexham, Chirk, designated on 29 July 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 29 July 1998
- Locality
- Brynkinallt
- Town
- Wrexham
- Community
- Chirk
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.93179, -3.03126
- Cadw reference
- 20230
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 1637 map "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
The bridge carries the E drive from Bryn-gwyla Lodge across the Afon Ceiriog, running across the valley floor to ascend to Brynkinallt Hall.
History
A private bridge within the park, built in 1820.
Exterior
Built of Cefn and Coed-yr-allt sandstones. A single arch spanning c12.7m and rising to 5.75m above the water, formed of ashlar voussoirs with 'V'-cut joints rising to a keystone, and set proud of the rubble spandrels, and springing between ashlar pilasters. Plat band and crenellated ashlar parapet. The abutments splay slightly to terminate in rubble pilasters. On the Shropshire side iron railings extend back to stone gatepiers, with the Lodge formed with river boulders below.
Reason for designation
Included as a very handsome early C19 bridge, an important element in the Grade II* garden included in the National Gardens Register for Wales,
Nearby in the register
- Arbour within Brynkinallt ParkGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Brynkinallt HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Screen Wall to the service yard at Brynkinallt HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pont-y-blewTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.