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
16349
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/08/1995
Date of Amendment
21/08/1995
Name of Property
Berriew Aqueduct
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Berriew
Town
Locality
Easting
318862
Northing
300604
Street Side
Location
Carries the Montgomeryshire Canal over the River Rhiw SE of Berriew village.
Description
Broad Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Period
History
An aqueduct was built between 1794 and 1797 as part of the original engineering of the canal (engineered by John and Thomas Dadford), but the original masonry structure was re-faced in extensive restoration work in 1889, carried out by the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company.
Exterior
Blue and red engineering brick, with stone dressings. 2 arches span the river, with keeled stone cutwater between them. Each has a stone drip mould, and a moulded string course defines the base of the deck. Narrower side arches carry the road and a track, and are similar detailed. The arches are all divided by projecting pilaster buttresses. Plain cruciform-section cast iron posts and railings to parapet. E face carries stone plaque inscribed with date of restoration.
Interior
Reason for designation
A fine example of an aqueduct from the later phases of work on the Montgomeryshire Canal.
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