Bridge over the river Cothi at Edwinsford.

A Grade II listed building: see British Listed Buildings.

Bridge over the Cothi at Edwinsford, built in 1783 by David Edwards.

History:

Built for Robert Banks Hodgkinson who married Bridget, daughter and heir to Thomas Williams of Edwinsford in 1783. The designer was David Edwards, son of the celebrated bridge-builder William Edwards of Beaupre Cowbridge. David Edwards built several bridges in S Wales, a local example being that at Llandeilo-yr-ynys.

Exterior: 1783 bridge by David Edwards. Datestone to centre of inside E parapet wall: " This Bridge is the property of the family of Edwinsford. Rebuilt by Robert Banks Hodgkinson Esq. 1783 ". Wide single-span bridge of stone laid in fine diminuishing courses. Broad elliptical arch, dressed stone voussoirs. Low parapet walls rising to a central point.

Reason for listing: Attractive late C18 bridge of impressive span by an important Welsh bridge architect.

No longer a road bridge, the centre is now grassed over.

Jervoise (1936) states: Pont Pwll-du over the Cothi at Edwinsford, is now a lattice girder bridge, which must have replaced the one built by David Edwards.
 Presumably Jervoise was unaware that the bridge still existed a matter of 100 yards round the corner from what used to be the lattice girder bridge he mentions.

OS Grid: SN631346