Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
14485
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/03/1994
Date of Amendment
15/03/1994
Name of Property
Overton Bridge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Overton
Town
Locality
Overton Bridge
Easting
335442
Northing
342704
Street Side
Location
Spans the River Dee at the boundary of Overton and Erbistock Communities, approximately 3km NW of the Overton.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Built in 1814 by Thomas Penson the younger, completing the work of Thomas Penson, who was dismissed after the collapse of his first design for a single-arched bridge on this site, itself replacing an earlier structure.
Exterior
Red sandstone ashlar bridge with 2 high segmental arches divided be knelled cutwaters at each side. Rusticated voussoirs to arches, with moulded string course above defining the base of the stepped parapet. Buttressed retaining wall supports the road-bed across the field to the east: coursed and squared rubble with ashlar parapet.
Interior
Reason for designation
An elegantly designed example of bridge construction.
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