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Latitude: 52.9372 / 52°56'13"N
Longitude: -3.0279 / 3°1'40"W
OS Eastings: 331013
OS Northings: 338249
OS Grid: SJ310382
Mapcode National: GBR 74.LWJR
Mapcode Global: WH89J.GFCM
Plus Code: 9C4RWXPC+VR
Entry Name: Pont-y-blew
Listing Date: 20 October 1952
Last Amended: 29 July 1998
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 601
Building Class: Transport
ID on this website: 300000601
Location: The bridge carries the road from Chirk to Glynmorlas across the Afon Ceiriog.
County: Wrexham
Town: Wrexham
Community: Chirk (Y Waun)
Community: Chirk
Locality: Pont-y-blew
Traditional County: Denbighshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Probably late C18 in date and built at the expence of the Myddleton-Biddulph estate to replace an earlier bridge of c1640. It was of significance due to the close proximity of Pont-y-Blew furnace, established 1634 and the earliest water powered forge in N Wales, set up by Sir Thomas Myddleton in association with neighbouring gentry. The furnace was, from 1710, owned and managed by Charles Lloyd of Dolobran.
Ashlar sandstone, a single segmental arch spanning off square abutments. One ring of regular voussoirs, without keystone, set back below a flush regulating course. The spandrils rise to a slightly arched square string band, carrying orthostatic parapets, formerly cramped at the top. The bridge has been reinforced and widened by the insertion of a concrete slab below the string course, widening the bridge to 4.05m, allowing a carriageway of 3.6m.
Listed for is intrinsic value and for historical value as it preserves the essential link between the forge and the early furnace across the river at Glynmorlas.
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