Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Abercamlais Bridge/ Pont Abercamlais and door in attached wall to NE
Trallong, Powys, Wales
A Grade II* listed building in Abercamlais, Brecon, Trallong, Powys, designated on 17 January 1963.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 17 January 1963
- Locality
- Abercamlais
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Trallong
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.95041, -3.50703
- Cadw reference
- 6786
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 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (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)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 213 Brecon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated to N of the yard at Abercamlais, across the Usk.
History
Road bridge over the Usk, now private, of uncertain date, said to be c. 1600, widened on W side c. 1680.
Exterior
Large rubble stone bridge of four broad segmental arches with cut stone voussoirs on elongated hexagonal piers, the cutwaters carried up as three pedestrian refuges on the E side. The four arches are two of 8.5m (28 ft), one of 8m (26 ft) and one of 4.5m (15 ft). The widened W side has arches with stone voussoirs dying into the cutwaters, which are chamfered off below parapet level, except the N one carried up as pedestrian refuge. The E parapet is of squared stone with flat copings, and joins to N a stretch of stone wall with basket-arched doorway in pedimented surround of cut tooled stone, with stone voussoirs. The W parapet has rougher coping stones. At the S end a big single stone pier with wrought iron gate.
Reason for designation
Graded II* for its exceptional interest as a fine large river bridge probably of C17 date, closely associated with an important historic estate.
Nearby in the register
- Stable Court at AbercamlaisDomesticunder 1 mi
- Abercamlais including Dovecote CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bridge over Camlais to N of the Pigeon House at AbercamlaisTransportunder 1 mi
- Pigeon house at AbercamlaisAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.