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
650
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
04/01/1966
Date of Amendment
23/05/2003
Name of Property
Pont Ricket
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Ceiriog Ucha
Town
Locality
Pont Ricket
Easting
318773
Northing
334267
Street Side
Location
The bridge carries a narrow lane which runs S from the B4500 over the River Ceiriog. It is approx 150m from the main road.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Probably C18. The cutwaters, of snecked stone, may have been rebuilt or added later, perhaps in the late C19. The bridge was originally known as Pont Rhyd y Gad.
Exterior
Two-span bridge of rubble stone with asymmetrical humped deck. Segmental arches of narrow stone voussoirs with dripstones, the N arch higher and wider. Triangular cutwaters between arches of dressed snecked stone, probably later. Parapets of large blocks of pecked grey stone with string course, slightly corbelled out. Abutments run into short rubble stone walls at right angles.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine C18 bridge retaining its character.
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