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
17825
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/11/1996
Date of Amendment
27/11/1996
Name of Property
Pont-y-Capel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Capel Curig
Town
Locality
Capel Curig
Easting
271832
Northing
358028
Street Side
Location
Spanning the Afon Llugwy immediately N of Capel Curig church and carrying the A 4086.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Exterior
Late C18 or early C19 road bridge linking Capel Curig to Plas-y-Brenin, the former Royal Hotel, with which it is possibly contemporary. Single-span bridge of rubble with tapering buttresses flanking a wide segmental arch; roughly-dressed voussoirs set below a dressed arch-ring and with projecting keystone. Plain string course and dressed slatestone capping to flat rubble parapet.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an elegant late C18 or early C19 road bridge and for group value with Royal Farm and Church of St. Curig.
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