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.
Date of Designation
26/02/2003
Date of Amendment
26/02/2003
Name of Property
Pont Rhiwargor
Location
Over Afon Nadroedd on the road to Bala, 200 m from the Lake Vyrnwy perimeter road.
History
Probably C18 or early C19.
Exterior
A vernacular bridge in local slate masonry, consisting of a single segmental arch of low rise, with a span of about 10 m. The voussoirs of the arch are rough stonework about 400 mm in height. Roughly axe-dressed masonry above, including the parapets; square string course at the base of the parapets.
The carriageway is about 4 m wide between the parapets, with a slightly humped profile. The parapets widen out at all four corners, three of them terminating in small piers.
Reason for designation
A well preserved mountain-stream vernacular bridge of characteristic low segmental upland form.
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