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
86962
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/11/2005
Date of Amendment
18/11/2005
Name of Property
Cornhill Bridge (Bridge No 47, Llangollen Canal)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Maelor South
Town
Locality
Bettisfield
Easting
346619
Northing
335577
Street Side
Location
On farmland approximately 700m SE of Bettisfield church.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
The Act for the Ellesmere Canal was passed in 1793, and it opened from Ellesmere Port to Llangollen, with several branches, in 1805. Its engineers were William Jessop and Thomas Telford. Telford's responsibilities included the construction of the bridges. The section between Whixall Moss and Ellesmere was completed in 1800-1, and the bridge is contemporary with it. The canal is now known as the Llangollen Canal.
Exterior
A humped-back, single-carriageway single-span brick bridge. A round brick arch spans the waterway. Abutments curve out to square terminal piers. On the SW side the abutment incorporates a round-headed iron door with strap hinges, to a deep recess for storage of stop planks. A raised band is below the parapet, which has a freestone coping. On the E side of the parapet is an oval iron plaque with '47' in raised numerals. The deck is grassed over and is used only as a public footpath.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-preserved canal overbridge of a type characteristic of the late C18.
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