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Aberbechan Bridge

A Grade II Listed Building in Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn (Y Drenewydd a Llanllwchaearn), Powys

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.5359 / 52°32'9"N

Longitude: -3.2753 / 3°16'31"W

OS Eastings: 313594

OS Northings: 293884

OS Grid: SO135938

Mapcode National: GBR 9V.F68F

Mapcode Global: VH684.5JT9

Plus Code: 9C4RGPPF+9V

Entry Name: Aberbechan Bridge

Listing Date: 18 July 1949

Last Amended: 9 May 1988

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 8199

Building Class: Transport

Also known as: Aberbechan Bridge (partly in Newtown & Llanllwchaiarn community)
Aberbechan Bridge,B4568,Llanllwchaiarn

ID on this website: 300008199

Location: Spanning the Bechan Brook on the community boundary below the junction of the B4568 with the B4389.

County: Powys

Community: Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn (Y Drenewydd a Llanllwchaearn)

Community: Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn

Locality: Llanllwchaiarn

Traditional County: Montgomeryshire

Tagged with: Bridge Road bridge

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History

Mid/late C19

Exterior

Single carriageway stone bridge. Imposing, tall round arch; dressed stone voussoirs, keystone. Impost band. Snecked masonry facing. Curved returns with pilasters to ends. Tooled freestone parapet over a string course to carriageway.

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    Bridge spanning the Bechan Brook just south of the junction of the B4568 and the B4389. Located on the boundary between the communities of Llandyssil and Newtown & Llanllwchaiarn.
  • II Aberbechan Aqueduct
    Carries the Montgomeryshire Canal over the Bechan Brook on the boundary of Llandyssil and Newtown Communities.
  • II Tynybitfel
    Opposite the junction with Lower Gwestydd Lane and set back from the road on rising ground.
  • II Cilgwrgan Bridge
    Bridge spanning the River Severn on the B4389 which links the A483 with Tregynon. Located on the boundary with Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn.
  • II Little Aberbechan
    Located in a raised position on or adjacent to the Aberbechan dike. Possible platform site with a steep fall to the SW.
  • II Lower Gwestydd Farmhouse
    Sited on rising ground to the end of Lower Gwestydd Lane.
  • II Cilgwrgan
    Located in a low-lying position in the Severn valley fronting the A483.
  • II Penarth Feeder Weir
    Adjacent to the sewage works at Dolfor Lock, at the end of the minor road from Llanllwchaiarn. Reached by a footpath from Freestone Lock on the west bank of the River Severn.

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