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
8506
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/01/1952
Date of Amendment
19/11/1990
Name of Property
Pont-ar-Dyfi (Partly in Corris community)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Machynlleth
Town
Locality
Easting
274419
Northing
301902
Street Side
Location
Spanning the River Dyfi to N of the town, linking Powys with Gwynedd, Montgomeryshire with Meirioneth.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Built in 1533 and was the scene of a civil war battle. Repaired in 1681 and rebuilt in 1805.
Exterior
5-arch rubble bridge, lightly ramped. Round arches with arch rings, voussoirs and stringcourse above; thin pilaster buttresses between each arch and very low pointed cutwaters. Simple parapet with end piers to E end. Modern reinforcements to W end cutting across the end arches on both sides to create a more gentle curve in the main road. The parapet walls continue to N and S at W end, further to S side.
Interior
Reason for designation
Scheduled Ancient Monument.
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