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
84813
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/07/2005
Date of Amendment
28/07/2005
Name of Property
Canal Bridge No 161 Brecon & Abergavenny Canal
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llanfrynach
Town
Brecon
Locality
Cefn Brynich
Easting
308279
Northing
226972
Street Side
Location
Situated some 300 m SE of Cefn Brynich aqueduct.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Bridge No 161 on the Brecon to Abergavenny Canal authorised 1793, this section built under Thomas Dadford Jr engineer in 1800. This bridge connects fields on either side of the canal.
Exterior
Canal bridge, squared rubble stone with broad elliptical arch with stone voussoirs. Humped parapet with stone copings and square end piers. The arch is very broad and shallow and appears to have sunk, strengthened with iron reinforcing.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as a well-preserved Georgian canal bridge.
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