Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
21279
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/01/1999
Date of Amendment
29/01/1999
Name of Property
Pont Cwellyn No 1 and Pont Cwellyn No 2 (also known together as Pont Glan-yr-afon)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Betws Garmon
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Pont Cwellyn
Easting
256829
Northing
354037
Street Side
Location
Located on the A 4085 approximately 1km north of Rhyd-Ddu at the confluence of the Afon Gwyrfai and its tributary the Afon Treweunydd.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Built as part of the creation of the turnpike road in the 1820s.
Exterior
Bridge. Roughly coursed rubblestone with stone-on-edge coping. 3 arches, southern (over the Afon Gwyrfai) round-arched, the centre (flood relief arch) and the northern (over the Afon Treweunydd) segmental, all with voussoirs and arch-rings. There is a walled refuge on the west side of the bridge opposite the driveway to Glanrafon.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a turnpike road bridge spanning 2 small rivers.
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