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
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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