Three-Arch Aqueduct over Vyrnwy Flood Plain (Southern Arches) New Bridge Vyrnwy, Carreghofa (Carreghwfa), Powys

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.7701 / 52°46'12"N

Longitude: -3.1074 / 3°6'26"W

OS Eastings: 325386

OS Northings: 319746

OS Grid: SJ253197

Mapcode National: GBR 71.YFPQ

Mapcode Global: WH794.7MKQ

Plus Code: 9C4RQVCV+33

Entry Name: Three-Arch Aqueduct over Vyrnwy Flood Plain (Southern Arches) New Bridge Vyrnwy

Listing Date: 5 April 1993

Last Amended: 5 April 1993

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 14204

Building Class: Water Supply and Drainage

ID on this website: 300014204

Location: Sited between B4398 road at Williams Bridge and the River Vyrnwy.

County: Powys

Community: Carreghofa (Carreghwfa)

Community: Carreghofa

Traditional County: Montgomeryshire

Tagged with: Aqueduct Navigable aqueduct

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History

Constructed originally 1794-6 by John and Thomas Dadford, engineers of Cardiff and Newport, for the Montgomeryshire Canal Company but much repaired and totally refaced in blue brick in 1890 (stone date plaque set over the western face of the centre arch) by the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company.

Exterior

Central core or red brick arches, blue brick facings with brick band above the arches, chamfered stone cappings. Three elliptical arches with central raking buttresses and sweeping abutments with stone pyramidal caps. Above each arch a pair of floreated terminals to tie-rods.

Reasons for Listing

Included for group value as an integral structure on the Montgomeryshire Canal adjacent to the Vyrnwy Aqueduct. It also demonstrates the structural development of canal engineering.

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Three-Arch Aqueduct over Vyrnwy Flood Plain (Southern Arches) New Bridge Vyrnwy

A Grade II Listed Building in Carreghofa (Carreghwfa), Powys