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
3230
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/06/1950
Date of Amendment
30/05/1996
Name of Property
Pont-y-Pair
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Betws-y-Coed
Town
Locality
Betws-y-Coed
Easting
279162
Northing
356711
Street Side
Location
Carrying the B5106 and fording the Afon Llugwy in the centre of the town.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Early bridge, ascribed to Howell Saer (fl .1468) by Edward Lhwyd writing in 1699. The present fabric is probably C17, widened and partly rebuilt in the late C18 or early C19; the bridge was described by Sir Richard Colt-Hoare in 1797 as the `romantic bridge over the River Llugwy,' and was described in its present form by Richard Fenton in 1810.
Exterior
5-span rubble bridge of roughly 45m length, originally of roughly 2.5m width, widened to the NW (upstream) side by a further 2.5m. The arches are segmental and of varying widths and heights, some springing directly from the rock. The central, widest one spans the river proper; roughly-dressed voussoirs slightly inset beneath arch-rings formed of narrower stones. Low rubble parapets, splayed at the approaches and with slatestone slab capping.
Interior
Reason for designation
Graded II* as a dramatically-sited 5-span vernacular bridge with early origins, in a prominent town-centre location.
Scheduled Ancient Monument: CN032
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