Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
15991
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/05/1995
Date of Amendment
26/05/1995
Name of Property
Pont Ysgawrhyd
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Meifod
Town
Locality
Pontysgawrhyd
Easting
319563
Northing
315630
Street Side
Location
Located on the main Meifod to Welshpool Road crossing the Dyffryn Meifod.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
C19 road bridge over the River Vwrnwy.
Exterior
Large squared rubble. Three segmental arches of raised V-jointed voussoirs with a raised keystone. Plat band and orthostatic parapet of scabled and margin dressed stone. Two water piers with radiused cutwater upstream, rounded tail and weathered copings. Two land arches on NW over flood plain with a cattle creep against the S abutment.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a handsome and unspoiled example of skilled bridge building within this parish, with details contrasting informatively with the bridges at Newbridge.
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