Bridge over Afon Cadnant (partly in Menai Bridge community), Menai Bridge, Isle of Anglesey

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2337 / 53°14'1"N

Longitude: -4.1583 / 4°9'29"W

OS Eastings: 256041

OS Northings: 372915

OS Grid: SH560729

Mapcode National: GBR 5N.0BCF

Mapcode Global: WH541.3Z4C

Plus Code: 9C5Q6RMR+FM

Entry Name: Bridge over Afon Cadnant (partly in Menai Bridge community)

Listing Date: 18 July 1997

Last Amended: 28 May 2003

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 81133

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300081133

Location: Located at the mouth of the Afon Cadnant, where it runs into the Menai Strait.

County: Isle of Anglesey

Community: Cwm Cadnant

Built-Up Area: Menai Bridge

Traditional County: Anglesey

Tagged with: Bridge

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History

In 1805 Viscount Thomas James Warren Bulkeley (7th Viscount) made a new road through his land to run along the straits and built a sea-wall 5ft(1.5m) high to protect it. The county was asked to pay for a bridge over the Afon Cadnant. It was opened to the public in 1806. In 1828 it became a turnpike road and the approaches to both Menai Bridge and Beaumaris were improved. The bridge continued to be used as part of the main route between Menai Bridge and Beaumaris until a new bridge was built over the Afon Cadnant in 1973. This by-passes the old bridge, though it may still be crossed and is used when repairs are being made to the newer bridge.

Exterior

Single span granite coursed and squared bridge with buttresses either side of the span. The parapets have been raised or rebuilt at a later date, and are of coursed, squared masonry with flat coping.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a well-preserved example of an early C19 masonry bridge which is of particular historical interest in the context of early C19 improvements to transport on the island.

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II Bridge over Afon Cadnant
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II Plas Cadnant
Set within grounds in an elevated location on W bank of Afon Cadnant. Reached by private driveway, off the Cadnant Road, W of the bridge. Parkland to NW and walled garden to NE.
II Plas Cadnant Icehouse
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II Plas Cadnant domestic service outbuilding and wall
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II Y Craig Wen
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II Bron Menai
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Bridge over Afon Cadnant (partly in Menai Bridge community)

A Grade II Listed Building in Menai Bridge, Isle of Anglesey