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
17832
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/05/1996
Date of Amendment
30/05/1996
Name of Property
Pont yr Afanc
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Bro Garmon
Town
Locality
Pont yr Lledr
Easting
279820
Northing
354667
Street Side
Location
Carrying the A470 from Bettws-y-Coed to Dolwyddelan across the Afon Conwy near the Fairy Glen Falls; located at the south-eastern boundary of the community area. Partly in Bro Garmon Community.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Exterior
History: Built c.1800 and mentioned as new by Richard Fenton in 1810, at which time it was known as Pont Llyn Afanc.
Description: Large single-span road bridge with segmental arch of roughly 30m; constructed of snecked, rusticated blocks with fine voussoirs and soffit, the former with projecting keystones. Plain string-course beneath slab-coped rubble parapet. Splayed approaches with battered abutments ending in simple buttresses.
A large and imposing early C19 road bridge.
References: RCAHMW Caernarvonshire, Vol.1., East, 1956, 20 (88).
Interior
Reason for designation
Cadw : Full Report for Listed Buildings [ Records 1 of 1 ]
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