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
22252
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/08/1999
Date of Amendment
27/08/1999
Name of Property
Pont-Rhythallt
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanrug
Town
Locality
Pont-Rhythallt
Easting
254466
Northing
363763
Street Side
Location
Located on the minor road between Llanrug and Penisa'r Waun, where it crosses the Afon Rhythallt.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Shown on the 1839 Tithe Map, the bridge was built in the early C19 and then extended to the north-east to cross the Padarn narrow gauge railway which opened in 1843; a further arch was constructed adjacent to the river to accommodate the standard gauge Llanberis to Caernarfon branch of the London & North Western Railway which opened in 1869. It appears that the arches and parapet of the original bridge were also reconstructed at this time.
Exterior
Bridge. Regularly coursed and dressed snecked rubblestone with more irregularly coursed stonework to coped parapets above string. 3 semi-circular arches with red brick voussoirs above river, with another arch immediately adjacent over the former standard gauge railway, then continuing as causeway to north-east where there is a further arch over the former narrow gauge railway; abutments at each end of bridge.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a substantial early C19 river bridge, constructed to a high standard and extended c.1843 in similar style to cross the adjoining narrow gauge railway, with further reconstruction in 1869 to accommodate the standard gauge railway. It thus documents an interesting development sequence in transport history in the region.
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