Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
1814
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/01/1994
Date of Amendment
31/01/1994
Name of Property
Sontley Bridge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Offa
Town
Locality
Offa
Easting
333592
Northing
348498
Street Side
Location
Partly in Community of Marchwiel. Carries the Sontley Road over the River Clywedog.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Bridge, dated 1845, by Thomas Penson, engineer.
Exterior
Cast iron with ashlar abutments. Tooled and rusticated ashlar abutments and retaining walls on shallow curve to each side. Spanned by 4 longitudinal cast iron shallow curved braced ribs, carrying flat road bed. Cast iron plates with raised panels recording ' Thos Penson County Surveyor', R & W Jones Ruabon Foundry 1845'. Cast iron railings in 2 tiers, with segmentally arched decoration below iron hand rail.
Interior
Reason for designation
A fine example of the use of local cast iron for bridge building, exploiting both its structural properties and decorative potential.
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