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
87342
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/06/1999
Date of Amendment
12/07/2006
Name of Property
Pont y Wern (partly in Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd community)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Ruthin
Town
Ruthin
Locality
Ruthin Rural
Easting
313002
Northing
359951
Street Side
Location
Spanning the Dwr Lal at the boundary with Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd community and carrying an unclassified lane Northwards towards Hirwaen.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Late C18 road bridge in largely unaltered condition.Late C18 road bridge in largely unaltered condition.
Exterior
Single-span regional road bridge of local limestone rubble construction. Segmental arch with rough-dressed voussoirs slightly recessed below archrings of narrow stones. The carriageway has a pronounced hump to the centre and the rubble parapets follow its incline. These are splayed out at the approaches and terminate in square piers; sandstone slab-copings with metal ties and various incised graffiti (the earliest date being 1880).
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of an C18 regional road bridge.
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