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
625
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
04/01/1966
Date of Amendment
29/07/1998
Name of Property
Pont-faen (continued into England)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Chirk
Town
Wrexham
Locality
Ceiriog
Easting
328018
Northing
337074
Street Side
Location
The bridge carries the road from Chirk to Weston Rhyn across the Afon Ceiriog.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
An earlier masonry bridge was recorded on this site in 1602 joining the lordships of Chirkland and Oswestry. Repairs are recorded in 1691, in 1720s, and again in 1759, when Shropshire and Denbighshire jointly spent £5. The present bridge appears to be the result of a major repair or rebuilding later in the C18 although the tie bars inserted in the 1720's remain.
Exterior
Built of sandstone ashlar between rubble embankments, the ashlar courses dipping slightly to the arch. A single span segmental arch of c12.5m (41ft), the apex rising c4.33m above flood water level. The arch consists of two rings, the inner one of voussoirs set back from the upper regulating course which is flush with the spandrels. The soffit width is 3.25m. Orthostatic parapets above a flat string course, originally cramped together. They narrow the slightly sloping carriageway to 2.7m.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a handsome and well built C18 masonry bridge, which has not been significantly altered.
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