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.
Date of Designation
05/12/1997
Date of Amendment
05/12/1997
Name of Property
Pont Blyddyn
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Leeswood and Pontblyddyn
Location
Situated to the E of the A 5104, at the rear of the Bridge Inn PH, where a former road, now track, crosses the River Alyn.
History
Probably late C18 bridge, possibly abandoned when the present path of the A 5104 was adopted.
Exterior
Single-carriageway, single-arch stone rubble bridge. Stepped arches to both sides with stone voussoirs; stone soffit. Rebuilt parapet to centre with cement-rendered red brick; rounded stone coping. At either end stone parapet walls curve outwards on downstream side.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as an unwidened and probably C18 bridge.
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