Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont Llwyncyntefin
Maescar, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 17 January 1963
- Locality
- Sennybridge
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Maescar
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.95057, -3.56643
- Cadw reference
- 6795
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated to N of A40 on minor road to Pemtre'rfelin and Trallong.
History
Road bridge over the Usk dated 1750. Widened in matching style in 2002 by Powys County Council. The roadway was previously only nine feet wide.
Exterior
Large road bridge, rubble stone with two big recessed arches divided by a big triangular cutwater, the angle chamfered back to a rounded pedestrian refuge. Thin stone coping. The upstream side is original, with stone voussoirs to arch and outer arch. The E downstream side has been widened by about a half of original width, in matching style, the line of original bridge visible in arch soffit. In W side refuge is plaque with 'P/HE/1750/ EI TW Masons/ I. Gwyn fculptit'. On opposite side is plaque commemorating the widening. the parapets splay out at the ends, except at NE.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a fine bridge of 1750, carefully widened in 2002.
Nearby in the register
- Small Agricultural Building at LlwyncyntefinNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- LlwyncyntefinDomesticunder 1 mi
- The former Drug StoresCommercialunder 1 mi
- Maespoeth HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.