Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Canal Bridge No 161 Brecon & Abergavenny Canal
Llanfrynach, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Cefn Brynich, Brecon, Llanfrynach, Powys, designated on 28 July 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 28 July 2005
- Locality
- Cefn Brynich
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Llanfrynach
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.93367, -3.33548
- Cadw reference
- 84813
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated some 300 m SE of Cefn Brynich aqueduct.
History
Bridge No 161 on the Brecon to Abergavenny Canal authorised 1793, this section built under Thomas Dadford Jr engineer in 1800. This bridge connects fields on either side of the canal.
Exterior
Canal bridge, squared rubble stone with broad elliptical arch with stone voussoirs. Humped parapet with stone copings and square end piers. The arch is very broad and shallow and appears to have sunk, strengthened with iron reinforcing.
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as a well-preserved Georgian canal bridge.
Nearby in the register
- Canal Bridge No 162 Brecon & Abergavenny CanalTransportunder 1 mi
- Cefn Brynich Canal Bridge AqueductTransportunder 1 mi
- Brynich Aqueduct (Brecknock & Abergavenny Canal)Aqueductunder 1 mi
- Lock Road BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.