Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Aberbran Bridge / Pont Aberbran
Trallong, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Aberbran, 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
- Aberbran
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Trallong
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.95179, -3.47481
- Cadw reference
- 6790
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 about 250m N of Aberbran Fawr, crossing the Usk.
History
Road bridge over the Usk of 1791. A bridge is recorded in 1687, called ruinous in 1724. The present bridge of three arches built by James Parry of Hay, who also built the bridge at Builth Wells. Repaired in 1854.
Exterior
Road bridge, of three broad arches with cut stone voussoirs and triple keystone to centre arch. Slight cutwaters of squared tooled stone with stepped tops under raised piers, the two centre ones carried up over parapets. Raised band under parapet, of a thin stone smooth course each side of a thick tooled course, broken forward over piers. Parapets have semi-circular seat indents above cutwaters, and are splayed out at the ends. W parapet has plaque 'MDCCXCI by James Parry. J. Parry Jr Scp'.
Modern pipe attached on upstream side.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a fine late C18 masonry bridge of three arches.
Nearby in the register
- Farm courtyard at Aberbran FachAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Mill CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Aberbran FachDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bridge over Nant Bran near Aberbran-fach Farm (partly in Trallong community)Transportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.