Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
30/05/1996
Date of Amendment
30/05/1996
Name of Property
Pont yr Afanc
Location
Carrying the A470 from Bettws-y-Coed to Dolwyddelan across the Afon Conwy near the Fairy Glen Falls; located at the south-eastern boundary of the community area. Partly in Bro Garmon Community.
Exterior
History: Built c.1800 and mentioned as new by Richard Fenton in 1810, at which time it was known as Pont Llyn Afanc.
Description: Large single-span road bridge with segmental arch of roughly 30m; constructed of snecked, rusticated blocks with fine voussoirs and soffit, the former with projecting keystones. Plain string-course beneath slab-coped rubble parapet. Splayed approaches with battered abutments ending in simple buttresses.
A large and imposing early C19 road bridge.
References: RCAHMW Caernarvonshire, Vol.1., East, 1956, 20 (88).
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