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
4362
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/10/1971
Date of Amendment
31/03/1999
Name of Property
Pont Rhyd-y-croesau
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanystumdwy
Town
Criccieth
Locality
Llanystumdwy
Easting
246071
Northing
338914
Street Side
Location
The bridge carries the road running NW from Llanystumdwy across the deep wooded glen of the Afon Dwyfor.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
The bridge was probably erected in the late C18.
Exterior
Constructed of local stone rubble. A wide single arch spanning c10m and rising to a crown 3.3m above the river. It is constructed with rubble voussoirs and a regulating course, flush spandrels rising to low parapets defining the 3.25m wide road. The NE end terminates in a heavily raking buttress and at the SE end there is a small flood arch. The 43cm thick parapets continue for some 21m on a causeway.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a fine C18 bridge in a beautiful wooded setting.
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