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
24523
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/01/2001
Date of Amendment
19/01/2001
Name of Property
Pont Rhyd y Fferau
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llanwrtyd Wells
Town
Builth Wells
Locality
Llanwrtyd Wells
Easting
287859
Northing
246695
Street Side
Location
The bridge carries the A483 over the River Irfon in the centre of Llanwrtyd Wells.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Road bridge built in 1853 to replace a wooden bridge which had become unsafe. The bridge gave its name (Pont Rhyd y Fferau) to the original settlement here, before the development of Llanwrtyd Wells as a spa town.
Exterior
Three-arch bridge with flat deck constructed of snecked rock-faced stone. Wide segmental arches of stone voussoirs with raised keystones. Triangular cut-waters with domed caps, which rise as narrow pilasters against parapets. String course to parapets and flat stone copings with slight chamfer. Shallow end piers at same height as parapets. Contemporary wall at right angles to SE.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-preserved and unaltered bridge of this period, which forms the central focus of Llanwrtyd Wells, and for its historic interest.
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