Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
4760
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/06/1966
Date of Amendment
04/11/1999
Name of Property
Pont Dol-y-Bont
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Mawddwy
Town
Locality
Dinas Mawddwy
Easting
286035
Northing
315112
Street Side
Location
The bridge carries the road from the T junction at the N end of the village of Dinas Mawddwy leading to Cwm Cywarch and Llanymawddwy.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
The bridge was probably built in the late C18 or early C19.
Exterior
The bridge consists of a ring of rubble voussoirs forming a single segmental arch of approximately 7.7m span over the Afon Ceist, the voussoirs set back under a regulating course flush spandrels and flat coped parapets peaking at the centre. The arch springs from water level rising 2.7m, and affording a carriageway of 4.1m wide plus parapets each of 45cm. The parapets splay out slightly at the ends terminating in half piers. The NE end of both parapets has been rebuilt.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a handsome and typical late C18/early C19 road bridge, characteristic of the type erected on country roads at the time.
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