Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
139
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
23/06/1967  
Date of Amendment
19/10/1998  
Name of Property
Causeway with two bridges at Pont Newydd (partly in Ysbyty Ifan community)  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Conwy  
Community
Pentrefoelas  
Town
Pentrefoelas  
Locality
Hendre-isaf  
Easting
286152  
Northing
351301  
Street Side
S  
Location
The causeway runs S from a junction with the Holyhead Road, W of Pentrefoelas, carrying a minor road over the Afon Merddwr to farms on the S side of the valley.  

Description


Broad Class
Transport  
Period
 

History
The bridge was probably constructed in the late C18 or early C19, replacing an earlier bridge of 1711.  

Exterior
The causeway is raised over a marshy section and the river, and comprises a low arch at the N end, and a full bridge at the S end. Rubble stonework. The main bridge consists of a single segmental arch spanning 8.1m, comprising a single ring of 0.56m deep voussoirs capped by a regulating course, rising to a central keystone 2.4m above water level. Flush spandrels. The northern bridge is similar but lower, and the parapet has been replaced with railings. Both bridges have been widened in the C20 with a cranked concrete slab on which the parapets have been rebuilt, complete with its flush iron-cramped copings. The carriageway is humped, 3m wide between the 0.4m thick parapets.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as an interesting example of an C18 style bridge typical of the area, carrying a causewayed road through a marshy area. Scheduled Ancient Monuments, Nos 8/1903/DE098/CON and 8/1904/DE99(CON).  

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