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
83488
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/09/2004
Date of Amendment
20/01/2005
Name of Property
Hergest Bridge
(partly in Aberedw Community)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Glascwm
Town
Locality
Cregrina
Easting
312292
Northing
249481
Street Side
Location
Spanning the River Edw approximately 2.6km S of Cregrina, carrying a minor road between Cregrina and Aberedw.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
An early C19 bridge shown on the 1839 Tithe map.
Exterior
A single-span humped-back, single-carriageway bridge of coursed rubble stone. The segmental arch has thin voussoirs. The coped parapet has been partly rebuilt in the late C19 with rock-faced stone. The abutments are splayed out on the N side. On the SE side the abutment returns at R angles and is attached to a ruined building on the river bank.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a fine and well-preserved C19 vernacular style road bridge.
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