History

The viaduct was built in 1902-1906 to connect the N and S bank of the Dee, and named by royal consent to commemorate the Coronation of King Edward VII.

Exterior

Built of rock-faced rubble with arches turned in blue engineering brick. Five segmental arches set on 3 water piers at the S end, sloping slightly to the S where it is threaded through one arch of the earlier railway viaduct, built after 1862. The piers have triangular cutwaters on the upstream side. The arches comprise five courses of brick, and a 150mm bull-nosed outer regulating string. Flush spandrels rising to a horizontal string at the base of the snecked parapet, which is coped with flush margin-dressed flat stones. End pilasters. A further projecting course is placed at the springing of the arches. On the inside face of the parapet an inscription reads TO COMMEMORATE / THE CORONATION OF/ KING EDWARD VII. The southern arch, spanning the Llangollen Canal, is numbered 49A in the canal bridge series.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a handsome and carefully contrived bridge, of group value with the railway viaduct, Berwyn Railway Station and the Llangollen Canal.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings