Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
19586
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/04/1998
Date of Amendment
01/04/1998
Name of Property
Pont Rhyd-llefrith
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Llangwm
Town
Locality
Dinmael
Easting
300701
Northing
344579
Street Side
Location
The bridge is on the minor road leading W off the A5 Holyhead Road at Dinmael.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Built in the late C18 or early C19 as part of a scheme carried out by the county council to improve rural communications.
Exterior
Built of local rubble stone. A single segmental arch spanning approximately 12m, the soffit rising to c3.7m above water level, the arch formed by 63cm deep rubble voussoirs set back under a projecting regulating course, above which flush spandrels extend up to a projecting string course, peaked at the centre, above which is the flush stone-coped parapet. The width of the bridge between parallel sides is 6.3m, providing a 5.4m width hog-backed carriageway between the parapets, which curve outwards at the ends to terminate in square piers.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a fine and unaltered example of a late C18-early C19 country bridge, one of a series of such bridges in the area.
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