Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
107
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/06/1967
Date of Amendment
01/04/1998
Name of Property
Pont Ty-gwyn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Llangwm
Town
Locality
Ty-nant
Easting
297599
Northing
345538
Street Side
Location
The bridge carries the S loop of the road to Llangwm from the A5 across the Afon Ceirw, near Ystrad-bach. The bridge is within 100m of the Holyhead Road
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
The bridge was built, probably by the County Council, as part of a programme to improve rural communications in the later C18.
Exterior
Built of local rubble stone. A single segmental arch spanning approximately 11m, the soffit rising to c2.65m above water level, the arch formed by c50cm deep rubble voussoirs slightly set in under a projecting regulating course, above which flush spandrels extend up into a flush stone-coped parapet. The width of the bridge between parallel sides is 4.6m, providing a 3.7m width slightly humped carriageway between the parapets, which splay slightly at the ends to terminate in square piers.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a handsome and unaltered C18 road bridge.
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