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
19/07/1966
Date of Amendment
18/08/1999
Name of Property
Pont Llanychan (partly in Llangynhafal community)
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Location
Spanning the river Clwyd at the eastern boundary of the community, some 200m W of St Hychan's church.
History
Late C18 or early C19 road bridge.
Exterior
Wide single-span road bridge of local limestone rubble construction. Segmental arch with rough-dressed voussoirs recessed below arch-rings of narrow stones. Gently-humped carriageway with rubble parapets advanced and splayed-out at the approaches. Square, terminating piers and limestone copings; continuous plain stringcourse to both sides above the arch.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a late C18 or early C19 regional road bridge, one of a number of contemporary bridges in the locality which form a particularly fine series.
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