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
10201
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/07/1961
Date of Amendment
24/11/1987
Name of Property
Pont Aberystwyth
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Aberystwyth
Town
Locality
Easting
258274
Northing
281316
Street Side
Location
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Old bridge destroyed by floods in 1796; John Nash designed a new one, opened in 1800, but this too was destroyed by floods in 1886; replaced in 1888 by the existing structure designed by Sir James Szlumper and built by David Lloyd of Aberystwyth.
Exterior
Spanning the River Rheidol at the S end of the town.
Triple broad segmental arched bridge, bull-nosed rubble with voussoirs and band course; pilasters over round ended cutwaters. Northern arch also spans the embankment. Pilasters topped by cast iron lampstandards (cast by Williams and White Foundry, Aberystwyth) of dragons flanking fluted stem; modern lights. Rubble parapet wall extends to south to level of No 1 Penparcau Road.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value.
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