Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
06/12/1999
Date of Amendment
06/12/1999
Name of Property
Pont Abercorris, also known as Bont Pentre (partly in Glantwymyn Community)
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Location
The bridge carries the road E from the centre of Corris, over the Afon Dulas into Powys.
History
The bridge was probably built in the C18 to carry the road over the Afon Dulas into Powys.
Exterior
Built of coursed slate stone. An elliptical arch of squared voussoirs, with flush spandrels and a low parapet, coped with flush cramped shale stone copings. A small square relief culvert passes through the E abutment. The carriageway is slightly humped and the parapet is correspondingly peaked.
Reason for designation
Included as a good C18 bridge, unusual for the period in that the arch takes an elliptical form.
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