Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bridge End Bridge
Hope, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Bridge End, Hope, Flintshire, designated on 8 April 1975.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 8 April 1975
- Locality
- Bridge End
- Community
- Hope
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.10952, -3.03285
- Cadw reference
- 50
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)
- 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 · 108 Flint (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Spanning the river Alyn and carrying the A 550 approximately 1km S of Hope and 0.5km W of Caergwrle villages.
History
2-span road bridge dated 1838.
Exterior
Twin-arched road bridge dated 1838; of sandstone ashlar construction with rough-dressed rubble parapet. Depressed arches with voussoirs and plain projecting band above; between the arches on both upstream and downstream sides are projecting datestones with the inscribed date 1838. There is a slight rise to the centre of the carriageway and the parapet has sandstone coping stones; square terminating piers to splayed approaches.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a large early C19 vernacular road bridge.
Nearby in the register
- Castellated Gateway and Walls at Rhydyn HallGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Caergwrle CastleDefenceunder 1 mi
- Castell CaergwrleCastleunder 1 mi
- Rhydyn HallDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.