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
4653
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
06/12/1951
Date of Amendment
31/01/2001
Name of Property
Pont y Bala (partly in Bala community)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llandderfel
Town
Bala
Locality
Bala
Easting
292958
Northing
336283
Street Side
Location
Spanning the River Dee and carrying the main road (A 494) into the town of Bala.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Road bridge, probably of C17 origin, and presumably that shown in a sketch of Bala by Thomas Dinley in 1684. The bridge has been doubled in width on the downriver side within the last few decades.
Exterior
Long road bridge of rough-dressed rubble construction, snecked to the downriver side. The bridge has 4 segmental arches recessed below archrings of narrow stones; half-height triangular cutwaters to both sides, continuing to parapet height as shallow pilasters on the downriver side. Flat carriageway and plain, coped parapets. Cemented arch soffits; 3 pairs of modern street lights.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an imposing bridge of C17 origin, historically the main approach to the town of Bala.
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