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
19696
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/04/1998
Date of Amendment
22/04/1998
Name of Property
Eglwyseg Bridge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llantysilio
Town
Llangollen
Locality
Eglwyseg
Easting
321612
Northing
346210
Street Side
Location
Located at the centre of the hamlet of Eglwyseg, carrying the minor road to Llangollen over the River Eglwyseg.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Probably C18 or early C19 in origin, replacing a ford.
Exterior
Built of local carboniferous limestone. A hump-back bridge formed by a semicircular arched tunnel faced by rough voussoirs, and a rough block coping terminating in a large boulder at the SE side. The parapet and spandrels are splayed on plan and descend to die away into the ground.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as an unaltered traditional country bridge.
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