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
16170
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/06/1990
Date of Amendment
20/07/1995
Name of Property
Penmaenpool Bridge (partly in Dolgellau Community)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanelltyd
Town
Locality
Taicynhaeaf
Easting
269441
Northing
318595
Street Side
SE
Location
Spanning the Mawddach estuary and linking the A 496 with the A493.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Second-half C19 timber toll bridge, probably dating to 1868 when the Penmaenpool bridge company was incorporated. The company originally rented the roadway for ú10 per annum from the Hengwrt estate. Tickets were adopted on 1st March 1937 and the bridge is still in use today. The toll booth was added c.1900.
Exterior
19 spanned sections on piers formed of 4 cross-braced timber piles and with a timber deck; the central span originally opened. Plain handrails; slightly ramped to centre. Gate to SW end with polygonal cast iron piers with ornamental caps. 2 wrought iron gates with tulip finials and lock rail; pedestrian gate inset to R.
Toll booth to E at SE end; lap-boarded timber-framed structure on timber piers. Shallow jetties to gable ends, carried on brackets. Moderately-pitched felted roof; finials with pendants,plain, bracketed eaves with bargeboards. Raking dormer facing bridge with felted roof and cheeks; deep verges and brackets. Canted, transomed 5-light small-paned window to corner by bridge; entrance alongside. 3-window rear elevation. 3-light, transomed to the L, 2-light transomed to centre and single light to R, all small-paned.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as one of very few surviving wooden toll bridges still in operation.
Also listed in Dolgellau Community resurvey, reference no:44/A/259 & 260
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