Chirk Bridge
CHIRK BRIDGE, A 5
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1367346
- Date first listed:
- 02-Sept-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Chirk Bridge
- Statutory Address:
- CHIRK BRIDGE, A 5
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1367346
- Date first listed:
- 02-Sept-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Chirk Bridge
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHIRK BRIDGE, A 5
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHIRK BRIDGE, A 5
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Weston Rhyn
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ2904037229
Details
ST. MARTIN'S C.P.
SJ 23 NE
1/4
A5
Chirk Bridge
II
Bridge. Circa 1798 by Thomas Telford with later repairs and alterations. Yellow sandstone ashlar. Single segmental arch, projecting keystone and rusticated voussoirs struck through to soffit. Flat string course, pilasters, coped parapet and rectangular corner piers. The contract for construction was awarded to John Simpson of Shrewsbury for which he was paid £1,093. Minor repairs were carried out by Thomas Stanton and Edward Haycock in 1831 and 1844 respectively. The bridge was widened in reinforced concrete during the 1920s but was faced with the original masonry. Spans the River Ceiriog.
This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 25 October 2016.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 255716
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Blackwall, A, Historic Bridges of Shropshire, (1985), 27-8
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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