Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Road bridge E of Crossway
Glascwm, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 20 January 2005
- Locality
- Cregrina
- Community
- Glascwm
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.16983, -3.28147
- Cadw reference
- 83489
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 1km N of Cregrina, carrying a minor road between Hundred House and Glascwm.
History
Built in the C18 or early C19 and shown on the 1837 and 1839 Tithe maps.
Exterior
A single-carriageway, humped-back road bridge of rubble stone, partly rebuilt on the R (W) bank. A single segmental arch has narrow voussoirs. The parapet is coped and partly renewed in late C19 freestone, terminating in square piers with pyramidal cement caps.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special historic interest as a well-preserved road bridge of regional character.
Nearby in the register
- Penarth Mount Castle MoundMotteunder 1 mi
- Old Rectory, including forecourt walls, gate, and railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cregrina Free Mission with gates and railingsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St DavidReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.