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.
Date of Designation
02/07/1962
Date of Amendment
23/02/1998
Name of Property
Ffrith Bridge
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Location
Situated on the E side of Ffrith at the point at which Cymau Road becomes a track, the bridge carries the road over the River Cedigog.
History
Said to be a packhorse bridge, probably of C18 date perhaps with earlier origins.
Exterior
Roughly squared and coursed rubble with a parapet of flat stones. The single-span bridge is skewed and is attached to a stone wall which runs along the N side of Cymau Road on the W side of the bridge, and to a stone wall running along the N side of the river on the E side. The SE side of the bridge terminates with a stone pier.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of a C18 skewed stone bridge.
Scheduled Ancient Monument No. F132.
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