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
21856
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/05/1999
Date of Amendment
28/05/1999
Name of Property
Pont Penllyn (partly in Llanddeiniolen community)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanberis
Town
Locality
Pen-y-llyn
Easting
255943
Northing
362334
Street Side
Location
Located at the north-western end of Llyn Padarn at the point where it is fed by the Afon Rythallt; the lake and river form the community boundary between Llanberis and Llanddeiniolen.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Shown on the 1838 Tithe Map, the bridge appears to have been built in the early C19 as part of the general road and transport improvements carried out in the Llanberis area during this period.
Exterior
Bridge. Irregularly coursed and dressed rubblestone with simple coping, slate-slab string course, arch-rings and voussoirs to 4 segmental arches; cutwaters on east side and tapering circular piers to corners.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a substantial and largely unaltered early C19 bridge of strong vernacular character.
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