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
20540
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/10/1998
Date of Amendment
16/10/1998
Name of Property
Pont Henri
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanelli Rural
Town
Locality
Pont-Henri
Easting
247560
Northing
209456
Street Side
Location
Carrying the main road of the village over the Gwendraeth Fawr.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Not being on a turnpike road, this bridge is likely to have been built and repaired as a County Bridge, and is probably late C18-early C19.
Exterior
A single arch bridge with a span of about 10 m and a width of about 4.5 m between parapets. Ashlar voussoirs with a depth of about 400 mm. At the west of the arch is a blocked relief water hole, about 1.5 m diameter. Rubble masonry in local sandstone. Parapet walls 1 m high with rock-faced copings. The south parapet continues a short distance alongside the road at each end.
Interior
Reason for designation
A fine vernacular bridge probably of c.1800
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