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
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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