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
159
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/06/1952
Date of Amendment
15/05/1998
Name of Property
Pont-y-Gwyddel (partly in Llanfair Talhaiarn community)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Llannefydd
Town
Locality
Pont-y-Gwyddel
Easting
295263
Northing
371825
Street Side
Location
Spanning the river Elwy at the NW boundary of the community and carrying an unclassified road running W from Llannefydd.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
A new bridge is recorded as having been built in 1706 at a cost of £200 and was repaired following flood damage in 1725. In 1767 one arch was swept away during floods and in 1781 the bridge was repaired and widened by half. The contractors were Robert Kyffin of Henllys and Thomas Roberts of Bodrychwyn; the cost of the works was £160.
Exterior
Fine double-span vernacular road bridge, doubled in width on the downstream side; of local limestone rubble construction with segmental arches; rough-dressed voussoirs. Between the two arches are triangular cutwaters, that to the upstream side stepped-up on a rough plinth. Slab-coped rubble parapets, splayed amd sloped-down at the western approaches and with flat terminating buttresses to the downstream ends. The parapets meet at a point above the apex of the western arch following the gently-humped carriageway here.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a fine C18 double-span vernacular bridge.
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