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
5259
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/08/1952
Date of Amendment
25/11/1998
Name of Property
Pont Aberffraw
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Community
Aberffraw
Town
Locality
Aberffraw
Easting
235578
Northing
368947
Street Side
Location
Spanning the Afon Ffraw at the eastern side of Aberffraw, the bridge is located at the E end of Bridge Street.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Built in 1731; constructed with money donated by Sir Arthur Owen, Bart., of Bodeon (Bodowen). The bridge has been blocked to traffic since the new road bridge spanning the Afon Ffraw was built in recent years; now in use as a foot bridge over the river.
Exterior
A single span, hump-backed bridge of rubble masonry with segmental arch of dressed voussoirs, with keystone, slightly inset below extrados course of narrow slabs. Long approaches with rough parapets.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an excellent and well documented example of a C18 roadbridge, which forms an important part of the landscape and character of the village of Aberffraw.
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