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
82287
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
12/12/2003
Date of Amendment
12/12/2003
Name of Property
Pont Antwn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llangyndeyrn
Town
Locality
Pontantwn
Easting
244052
Northing
213055
Street Side
Location
Spanning Afon Gwendraeth Fach on the B4309, S of the junction of a minor road to Llangyndeyrn.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Dated 1785 by Thomas Richards of Llandyfaelog, and subsequently widened to double carriageway.
Exterior
A rubble-stone double-carriageway single-span bridge, built into a steep bank on the NW side and with a long approach to the SE. It has a segmental arch of cut voussoirs. On the later NE (upstream) side the arch has a projecting keystone. The parapet has been rebuilt, but retains its original stone plaque, inscribed 'This bridge was erected at the expense of the county by Tho Richards Mason Llandevilog 1785'.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a well-preserved and dated C18 bridge, with C19 widening.
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