Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
15439
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/12/1994
Date of Amendment
29/12/1994
Name of Property
Tanhouse Bridge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Welshpool
Town
Locality
Wern
Easting
325433
Northing
313347
Street Side
Location
Canal bridge No.108 over the Montgomeryshire Canal.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
c.1820-33, G Buck, Engineer.
Exterior
Stone coped brick abutments with blue engineering brick chamfered vertical corners. Applied iron strips to protect corners on towpath. Bridge of five fish-bellied cast iron 'T'-joists with 170 x 40mm bottom flange, depth 210-280mm, the outer joist cast iron with pockets for timber guard rail, all bearing on stone padstones. Roadway carried on later corrugated iron between joists. Oval cast iron plate with bridge number affixed to abutment under bridge. Towpath revetted with special large cow-nosed blue engineering bricks by Tibbington Co. Tipton. [Staffs], probably set in 1880-1890 when canal was overhauled by the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Co.
Interior
Reason for designation
One of a number of ironwork structures added during engineering improvements to the canal in early C19.
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