Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
151
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
06/10/1952
Date of Amendment
15/05/1998
Name of Property
Pont Meredydd
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Llannefydd
Town
Locality
Pont Meredydd
Easting
296368
Northing
372282
Street Side
Location
Spanning the river Elwy at the NW boundary of the community and carrying an unclassified road running W from Llannefydd; partly in Llanfair Talhaiarn community.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
The bridge was probably named after Meredydd Wynne of Plas Uchaf (d.1676). The present bridge is likely to be that built (following the loss of two earlier C18 ones to flooding) in 1768 by Peter Williams of Lawn, at a cost of £120.
Exterior
Third-quarter C18 vernacular single-span road bridge; of local limestone rubble construction with round-headed arch; rough-dressed voussoirs. Slab-coped rubble parapets, splayed at the approaches and with square terminating piers to the N; there is gentle battering to the N downstream side. The parapets meet at a point above the apex of the arch following the sharply-humped carriageway. At the southern upstream side, the parapet continues as a curved low, rubble wall.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as an C18 vernacular bridge.
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