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
4331
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/10/1971
Date of Amendment
08/02/1999
Name of Property
Pont Pensarn (partly in Pwllheli Community)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llannor
Town
Pwllheli
Locality
Efailnewydd
Easting
236099
Northing
335272
Street Side
Location
The bridge carries the road from Efailnewydd over the Afon Rhyd-hir into the N part of Pwllheli, forming the boundary of the communities of Llannor and Pwllheli.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Probably built in 1775.
Exterior
Built of rubble stonework. A single arch spanning approximately 4m, rising 2.4m above the river, formed with well shaped stone voussoirs slightly set back under the flush rubble spandrels. The spandrels rise to high parapet walls 48cm thick, coped with granite blocks, and which delimit the 5.4 wide carriageway across the causeway.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a well formed later C18 road bridge.
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