Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
156
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/06/1952
Date of Amendment
02/06/1998
Name of Property
Pont y Ddol (partly in Llannefydd community)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Cefnmeiriadog
Town
Locality
Pont y Ddol
Easting
298614
Northing
372568
Street Side
Location
Spanning the river Elwy at the south-western edge of the community and carrying an unclassified road running S in the direction of Llannefydd.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Exterior
Long, narrow road bridge approximately 40m in length and of two irregular spans; probably late C18. Of local limestone rubble construction with dressed voussoirs to segmental arches, that to the N very wide, the other a flood arch; between the two are large irregular cutwaters to both sides. The carriageway rises to a pronounced hump in the centre of the main arch; low slab-parapets with C20 metal railings to the arch sections, with stepped up rubble parapets to the remainder. Splayed approaches, those to the N extending some 6m to the R and 25m in a slab-coped rubble wall to the L.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as a large C18 vernacular road bridge.
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