Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Usk Bridge
Brecon, Powys, Wales
A Grade I listed building in Brecon, Powys, designated on 16 December 1976.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade I
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 16 December 1976
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Brecon
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94755, -3.39380
- Cadw reference
- 6815
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)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (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
Spanning River Usk, and linking Bridge Street with Watergate.
History
1563, replacing a bridge destroyed by floods about 35 years earlier. Many subsequent alterations for example repaired in 1772, widened in 1794 under supervision of bridge builder Thomas Edwards (son of the great William Edwards), at cost of £1000, repaired in 1801 under supervision of John Mound. Theophilus Jones remarked (1809) that some of the new work had collapsed. Widened in C20 by the addition of a metal framed foot passage to either side.
Exterior
Stone bridge of seven segmental arches with stone parapet.
Reason for designation
Graded I as fine historic bridge with C16 origins and strong group value with adjacent listed buildings.
Scheduled Ancient Monument Cadw Ref BR004 (POW).
Nearby in the register
- Brecon BridgeBridgeunder 1 mi
- 10b WatergateNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Powell Art Centre, Christ CollegeDomesticunder 1 mi
- 11 WatergateNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.