Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hergest Bridge (partly in Aberedw Community)
Glascwm, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 24 September 2004
- Locality
- Cregrina
- Community
- Glascwm
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.13664, -3.28291
- Cadw reference
- 83488
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 the River Edw approximately 2.6km S of Cregrina, carrying a minor road between Cregrina and Aberedw.
History
An early C19 bridge shown on the 1839 Tithe map.
Exterior
A single-span humped-back, single-carriageway bridge of coursed rubble stone. The segmental arch has thin voussoirs. The coped parapet has been partly rebuilt in the late C19 with rock-faced stone. The abutments are splayed out on the N side. On the SE side the abutment returns at R angles and is attached to a ruined building on the river bank.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a fine and well-preserved C19 vernacular style road bridge.
Nearby in the register
- Hergest Bridge (partly in Glascwm Community)No class recordedunder 1 mi
- Church of St PadarnReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St DavidNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Cwm-piban Platform HousePlatform house1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.