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
87538
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
13/07/2007  
Date of Amendment
13/07/2007  
Name of Property
Bridge No. 37 over Llangollen canal near Plas-yn-pentre  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Denbighshire  
Community
Llangollen  
Town
 
Locality
Trevor  
Easting
325259  
Northing
341504  
Street Side
 
Location
About 350m W of Llyn Farm.  

Description


Broad Class
Transport  
Period
 

History
Early C19 bridge. An Act to construct the Ellesmere Canal, linking the Dee, Mersey and Severn Rivers, was passed in 1793. When, however, it was decided in 1801 not to continue the canal beyond Pontcysyllte a 9.656km long feeder canal (taking water from the Dee at the Horseshoe Falls) was proposed in order to supply water to the main canal. The feeder canal was constructed under the direction of William Jessop (engineer) and Thomas Telford (general agent); work was begun in 1804 and completed in 1808. In addition it provided transport to the slate quarries and limestone works. In 1846 it became part of the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company, but the following year was taken over by the London & North Western Railway. Transport on the canal diminished in later C19 with arrival of the railways and ceased by World War II. The canal was only kept open because of its importance as a supplier of water and has now became a major tourist asset.  

Exterior
Single-arched bridge in stone, with wide elliptical arch faced in brick. String course at deck level; parapets with flat coping; end piers with low pyramidal capstones. On one side, an iron plate with number "37". Short stub walls on N side.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed as a distinctive feature of canal engineering and for its Group Value with other listed items on the Llangollen canal.  

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