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
4084
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
02/08/1988
Date of Amendment
02/08/1988
Name of Property
Pont Marchogian
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llandygai
Town
Locality
Easting
259334
Northing
372189
Street Side
Location
Reached along the footpath (dismantled railway) below the road. Spanning the River Cegin near the Old Wharf. Wooded site below the modern Glantraeth estate; at a splayed angle to the later railway bridge with which it converges at N end.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Built before 1790/1; began as part of the old tramroad, designed by Benjamin Wyatt, running from the newly constructed Port Penrhyn up to Nant Ffrancon. Incorporated the Llandegai Tramway which was the first of its kind in North West Wales and included a balance incline. The Penrhyn railroad development out of this - opened in 1801, also by Benjamin Wyatt. This became a major tourist attraction and was ‘Wales’ first narrow gauge slate railway. The bridge has been disused since the closing of the Railroad in October 1879.
Exterior
Low and narrow coursed rubble bridge; 3 segmental arched with voussoirs and arch rings; small square headed opening at the N end. Overgrown at the time of inspection (December 1987).
Interior
Reason for designation
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