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
21280
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/01/1999
Date of Amendment
29/01/1999
Name of Property
Pont Cyrnant (partly in Waunfawr Community)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Betws Garmon
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Pont Cyrnant
Easting
252622
Northing
359024
Street Side
Location
Located on the A 4085 at the southern end of Waunfawr where it crosses the Afon Gwyrfai, which here forms the Community boundary between Betws Garmon and Waunfawr.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Built as part of the establishment of the turnpike road in the 1820s.
Exterior
Bridge. Roughly coursed rubblestone with tooled ashlar coping. Double-span segmental arch on stone platform divided by massive cutwater on eastern side, both arches with voussoirs and arch-rings. 2 floodwater arches on the Betws Garmon side, the northern similar but smaller than the main arches, the southern very flat and low.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a turnpike road bridge.
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