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
19846
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
14/05/1998  
Date of Amendment
14/05/1998  
Name of Property
Bridge at Parc  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Llanfrothen  
Town
 
Locality
Parc  
Easting
262934  
Northing
344048  
Street Side
 
Location
Spanning the Afon Maesgwm approximately 150m W of, and downhill from, Gattws Parc.  

Description


Broad Class
Transport  
Period
 

History
Road bridge, probably built to serve the original, now redundant approach or drive to Parc, which formerly climbed up the hill past the gatehouse (Gattws Parc). This appears to have been superceded by the top drive already in the late C17 or early C18, since the monumental sweep of formal terraces which one presumes to be of this period cuts across it. The presumption therefore is that the bridge, in its interrelationship with the primary approach road, has to predate the terracing and the upper drive, and therefore may be early C17 although partly rebuilt in C19.  

Exterior
Single-span rubble road bridge with segmental arch recessed under an arch-ring of narrow stones; rough-dressed voussoirs. Flat carriageway and splayed approaches; the parapets are missing.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed for its special historic interest as a vernacular bridge of C17 origin at this important sub-medieval site. Group value with other listed items at Parc.  

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