Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
19352
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/02/1998
Date of Amendment
17/02/1998
Name of Property
Pont-y-rhuddfa
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Cerrigydrudion
Town
Cerrigydrudion
Locality
Pentre-llyn-cymmer
Easting
297307
Northing
353501
Street Side
Location
The bridge lies below the Brenig dam, on the lane running N of Pentre-llyn-cymmer.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
The bridge, built in 1782 by Edward Stephen and William Stephen of Llanfihangel, originally carried the road through the valley to the N and across the Afon Brenig before the construction of the Brenig dam and lake. It now lies below the dam, providing access to a caravan site.
Exterior
Built of local stone rubble. A single segmental arch of slightly inset voussoirs, approximately 55cm deep, with a regulating course, the spandrels rising uninterrupted to the flush stone-coped parapet. The splayed abutments have walls outset from the parallel sided bridge, the copings extending to square end piers. The parapet follows the road line, sloping downwards to the N. Some copings on the E side are replaced in concrete.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a fine country bridge, one of a range of such road improvments carried out in this part of Wales in the late C18 and early C19, and where the actual date and persons responsible are recorded.
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