Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Wye Bridge
Builth, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 14 June 1952
- Locality
- Partly in the community of Llanelwedd
- Community
- Builth
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.15013, -3.40067
- Cadw reference
- 7417
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Spanning River Wye between former counties of Brecon and Radnor, (now districts of Brecknock and Radnor).
History
Built 1779 by James Parry of Hay,architect, replacing former wooden bridge. Refaced 1879; strengthened, and widened on downstream side by county engineers of counties of Brecon and Radnor, 1925.
Exterior
In local grey stone. Coursed squared stone with snecked parapet. Six broad arches with voussoirs and keystones. Rounded cutwaters to west, pointed to east. Parapet with central refuges. Piers have vertical joints showing extent of widening, with darker stone on the upstream side.
Inscription carved on refuge in interior parapet records that, "This bridge was erected at the expence of the counties of Brecon and Radnor by James Parry of Hay in 1779. The original stone after serving its purpose for a hundred years became completely decayed and this stone was put in its place by the inhabitants of Builth 1879. This bridge was widened and strengthened by the above counties in 1925...".
Nearby in the register
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- Telephone Call-boxCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- Pillar BoxCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- The Fountain HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.