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
21271
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/01/1999
Date of Amendment
29/01/1999
Name of Property
Pont Cerrig-y-rhyd
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Betws Garmon
Town
Locality
Coed Plas-y-nant
Easting
254666
Northing
356343
Street Side
W
Location
On a track immediately to the west of the A 4085 at Coed Plas-y-nant spanning a series of small but spectacular waterfalls on the Afon Gwyrfai.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Shown on the 1839 Tithe Map, the bridge was constructed to cross the rapid and fast-flowing waterfalls of the Afon Gwyrfai at this point.
Exterior
Bridge. Roughly coursed rubblestone with stone-on-edge coping. Wide single-span elliptical arch with voussoirs and arch-ring.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a simple and unaltered early C19 bridge of vernacular type in a picturesque location.
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