Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
6815
Building Number
Grade
I
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/12/1976
Date of Amendment
04/11/2005
Name of Property
Usk Bridge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Brecon
Town
Brecon
Locality
Easting
304299
Northing
228591
Street Side
W
Location
Spanning River Usk, and linking Bridge Street with Watergate.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
1563, replacing a bridge destroyed by floods about 35 years earlier. Many subsequent alterations for example repaired in 1772, widened in 1794 under supervision of bridge builder Thomas Edwards (son of the great William Edwards), at cost of £1000, repaired in 1801 under supervision of John Mound. Theophilus Jones remarked (1809) that some of the new work had collapsed. Widened in C20 by the addition of a metal framed foot passage to either side.
Exterior
Stone bridge of seven segmental arches with stone parapet.
Interior
Reason for designation
Graded I as fine historic bridge with C16 origins and strong group value with adjacent listed buildings.
Scheduled Ancient Monument Cadw Ref BR004 (POW).
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