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
7012
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
16/12/1976  
Date of Amendment
04/11/2005  
Name of Property
Priory Bridge  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Powys  
Community
Brecon  
Town
Brecon  
Locality
 
Easting
304501  
Northing
228904  
Street Side
 
Location
Spanning the River Honddu at foot of Priory Hill.  

Description


Broad Class
Transport  
Period
 

History
Probably mid C19; once a bridge of 2 spans. Although shown in similar form in a watercolour of the Struet by J M Ince, dated 1850 in National Library of Wales, possibly a rebuilding after the great flood of the Honddu in 1853.  

Exterior
Bridge of stone with single wide segmental arch and stone parapet with flat stone coping.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed for Group Value with buildings in Priory Hill, The Struet, and the Cathedral precinct.  

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