Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
21937
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/06/1999
Date of Amendment
24/06/1999
Name of Property
Pont-y-Wern (partly in Ruthin community)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd
Town
Locality
Wern
Easting
313005
Northing
359953
Street Side
Location
Spanning the Dwr Lal at the boundary with Ruthin community and carrying an unclassified lane running from Hirwaen to Ruthin.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Late C18 road bridge in largely unaltered condition.
Exterior
Single-span regional road bridge of local limestone rubble construction. Segmental arch with rough-dressed voussoirs slightly recessed below archrings of narrow stones. The carriageway has a pronounced hump to the centre and the rubble parapets follow its incline. These are splayed out at the approaches and terminate in square piers; sandstone slab-copings with metal ties and various incised graffiti (the earliest date being 1880).
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of an C18 regional road bridge.
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