Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
1741
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/02/1992
Date of Amendment
15/03/1994
Name of Property
Barton's Bridge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Overton
Town
Locality
Knolton
Easting
335407
Northing
340265
Street Side
Location
Carries the B5069 across the Shell Brook which forms the border between Wales and England and the counties of Clwyd and Shropshire. On a bend in the road, approximately 4km SW of Overton.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Said to have been built in 1819 by Thomas Telford, then County Surveyor for Shropshire - a datestone is referred to by Blackwall, but is no longer visible.
Exterior
Coursed and dressed sandstone bridge with single, round-headed arch and rusticated voussoirs flanked by distinctively tall and battered abutments that are stepped to the top; string course above. Railings removed to slightly undulating coped parapets which terminate in trapezoidal piers; parapet to downstream side curves out at both ends.
Interior
Reason for designation
A good example of a small stone arched bridge.
Also listed of a small stone arched bridge.
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