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
19586
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/04/1998
Date of Amendment
01/04/1998
Name of Property
Pont Rhyd-llefrith
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Llangwm
Town
Locality
Dinmael
Easting
300701
Northing
344579
Street Side
Location
The bridge is on the minor road leading W off the A5 Holyhead Road at Dinmael.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Built in the late C18 or early C19 as part of a scheme carried out by the county council to improve rural communications.
Exterior
Built of local rubble stone. A single segmental arch spanning approximately 12m, the soffit rising to c3.7m above water level, the arch formed by 63cm deep rubble voussoirs set back under a projecting regulating course, above which flush spandrels extend up to a projecting string course, peaked at the centre, above which is the flush stone-coped parapet. The width of the bridge between parallel sides is 6.3m, providing a 5.4m width hog-backed carriageway between the parapets, which curve outwards at the ends to terminate in square piers.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a fine and unaltered example of a late C18-early C19 country bridge, one of a series of such bridges in the area.
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