Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
20582
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/10/1998
Date of Amendment
19/10/1998
Name of Property
Pont Rhydlydan
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Pentrefoelas
Town
Pentrefoelas
Locality
Rhydlydan
Easting
289265
Northing
350836
Street Side
Location
The bridge is in the middle of the hamlet of Rhydlydan, carrying the S road to Pentrefoelas over the Afon Merddwr.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
The bridge was built in 1815 by Edward Jones and John Lloyd to replace an earlier bridge of 1711 on the same site, itself possibly replacing the ford of the placename. The date of 1815 on the bridge suggests there was a delay in execution of the contract drawn up in 1810.
Exterior
Rubble stonework. A single segmental arch spanning c10.9m between low abutments over the Afon Merddwr, comprising a single ring of 0.5m deep voussoirs set back under a projecting regulating course, without a central keystone, 3.4m above water level. Flush spandrels and parapet, which turns sharply to end in square piers. Flush copings. The carriageway is humped, 5.7m wide between the 0.5m thick parapets. On the inside of the parapet a datestone reading EI ILL 1815.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a fine and dated example of the type of country bridge widely erected in the late C18 and early C19 in North Wales.
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