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
5172
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
19/06/1990  
Date of Amendment
19/06/1990  
Name of Property
Penamenpool Bridge  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Dolgellau  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
269463  
Northing
318554  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated beside the former Cambrian Railway station, linking the A493 with the A496 across the Mawddach Estuary.  

Description


Broad Class
Transport  
Period
 

History
Late Cl9, timber bridge said to date from 1879.  

Exterior
Slightly ramped to centre. Timber deck carried on piers formed of 4 cross-braced timber piles. Opening span to centre originally. Plain handrails. Gate to SW end, polygonal cast iron piers, ornamental caps. 2 wrought iron gates, "tulip" finials, lock rail, pedestrian gate inset to right. Toll booth to E at SE end. cl900. Lap-boarded timber framed structure, on timber piers. Shallow jetties to gable ends, on brackets. Moderately pitched felted roof, finials with pendants, bargeboards, plain eaves, brackets. Raking dormer facing bridge, felted roof and cheeks, deep verge, brackets. Canted, transomed 5 light small paned window to corner by bridge. Doorway alongside. 3 window rear elevation. 3 light, transomed to left 2 light transomed to centre, single light to right; small panes. Modern toll booth to W side at SE end of bridge.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
 

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