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
20230
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/07/1998
Date of Amendment
29/07/1998
Name of Property
Lady's Bridge, Brynkinallt Park (continued into England)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Chirk
Town
Wrexham
Locality
Brynkinallt
Easting
330779
Northing
337652
Street Side
Location
The bridge carries the E drive from Bryn-gwyla Lodge across the Afon Ceiriog, running across the valley floor to ascend to Brynkinallt Hall.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
A private bridge within the park, built in 1820.
Exterior
Built of Cefn and Coed-yr-allt sandstones. A single arch spanning c12.7m and rising to 5.75m above the water, formed of ashlar voussoirs with 'V'-cut joints rising to a keystone, and set proud of the rubble spandrels, and springing between ashlar pilasters. Plat band and crenellated ashlar parapet. The abutments splay slightly to terminate in rubble pilasters. On the Shropshire side iron railings extend back to stone gatepiers, with the Lodge formed with river boulders below.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a very handsome early C19 bridge, an important element in the Grade II* garden included in the National Gardens Register for Wales,
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