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
96
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
23/06/1967  
Date of Amendment
07/08/2000  
Name of Property
Pont Llyn Gigfran (partly in Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr Community)  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Denbighshire  
Community
Betws Gwerfil Goch  
Town
 
Locality
Betws Gwerfil Goch  
Easting
301920  
Northing
346871  
Street Side
 
Location
Carrying a minor road from the Llanfihangel to Bettws Gwerfil Goch road across the Afon Alwen.  

Description


Broad Class
Transport  
Period
 

History
A bridge probably of the C17, mentioned in the County Surveyor's lists of the period; perhaps related to the establishment of the farm at Dolgynlas. It is also mentioned in 1833. The name is variously Pont Llyn Gigfran or Pont Llyn y Gigfran; it is also known locally as 'the Roman Bridge.' This bridge was originally on the county boundary between Denbighshire and Merionethshire.  

Exterior
Built of local rubble. A single semi-circular arch spanning approximately 14 m from rock foundations either side of the secluded gorge, the arch composed of 0.5 m voussoirs under a regulating course, providing a total height of 5.5 m above the water. Flush parallel-sided spandrels rise, without a string course, into flush parapets, coped with cramped slabs. The abutments are outset and splayed, terminating in square piers, from where they are continued as road parapets. The bridge is 4.87 m wide, providing an approximately level road carriageway of 3.77 m between the parapets.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as a fine unaltered early County bridge, of considerable picturesqueness in its setting.  

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