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
13/03/2003
Date of Amendment
13/03/2003
Name of Property
Pont Llandysul
(Partly in Llandysul Community)
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanfihangel-ar-Arth
Location
Spanning the Afon Teifi at the S end of Bridge Street, Llandysul.
History
Built in 1837 by James Hughes, Cardiganshire county surveyor.
Exterior
A single-span rubble-stone bridge with tooled dressings. The segmental arch has voussoirs, above which is a projecting band below the parapet. It is framed by shallow stepped pilasters. The abutments each have a circular opening (c.f. the old bridge at Pontypridd, Glamorgan). The coped parapet has saddleback copings to the pilasters. On the R (Ceredigion) bank the abutment curves out on the upstream side and terminates in a square gate pier on the downstream side.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-detailed C19 road bridge with strong character.
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