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
20737
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/10/1998
Date of Amendment
21/10/1998
Name of Property
Pen-y-bryn Bridge (Canal Bridge No 123)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llangattock
Town
Locality
Pen-y-Bryn
Easting
318163
Northing
219527
Street Side
Location
Located 0.35km W of an estate cottage called Fro, the bridge carries a track over the canal from the B4558 road to fields on the Glanusk Estate.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
The Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal was proposed in 1792 to connect the Upper Usk valley to the Monmouthshire Canal at Pontymoile and from there to the sea at Newport. The middle section of the canal, between Gilwern and Talybont and including Llangattock, was cut between 1797 and 1799. The upper section between Talybont and Brecon opened in 1800, both sections being engineered by Thomas Dadford. The lower section between Gilwern and Pontymoile was completed in 1812 and was engineered by William Crosley. The canal was sold to the Monmouthshire Canal Company in 1865, which was later incorporated into the Great Western Railway. The last toll was taken on the canal in 1933 and it was finally abandoned in 1962. The canal, renamed the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, has been undergoing restoration since 1964, and is currently used by pleasure craft.
This bridge lies within the section constructed by Thomas Dadford between 1797 and 1799.
Exterior
Single-span hump-backed bridge of rubble sandstone, with segmental arch and continuous parapets. The arch has thin voussoirs and keystones. The parapets are splayed and the ends are heavily covered in vegetation. The copings are mainly of upright stones. On the E (downstream) side is a cast iron plaque with the bridge number cast in relief. A low retaining wall butts the NW end pier of the bridge and contains a stile.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as one of a group of wel-preserved original Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal bridges.
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