Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont Rhyd y Fferau
Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanwrtyd Wells, Builth Wells, Powys, designated on 19 January 2001.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 19 January 2001
- Locality
- Llanwrtyd Wells
- Town
- Builth Wells
- Community
- Llanwrtyd Wells
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.10718, -3.63884
- Cadw reference
- 24523
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 196 Builth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
The bridge carries the A483 over the River Irfon in the centre of Llanwrtyd Wells.
History
Road bridge built in 1853 to replace a wooden bridge which had become unsafe. The bridge gave its name (Pont Rhyd y Fferau) to the original settlement here, before the development of Llanwrtyd Wells as a spa town.
Exterior
Three-arch bridge with flat deck constructed of snecked rock-faced stone. Wide segmental arches of stone voussoirs with raised keystones. Triangular cut-waters with domed caps, which rise as narrow pilasters against parapets. String course to parapets and flat stone copings with slight chamfer. Shallow end piers at same height as parapets. Contemporary wall at right angles to SE.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-preserved and unaltered bridge of this period, which forms the central focus of Llanwrtyd Wells, and for its historic interest.
Nearby in the register
- Capel Bethesda including attached vestries and forecourt wall and railingsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Llanwrtyd War Memorial InstituteCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Neuadd Arms HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
- Railway Bridge over River IrfonTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.