Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
23712
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
21/07/2000  
Date of Amendment
21/07/2000  
Name of Property
Pont Factory  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Llanllyfni  
Town
 
Locality
Llanllyfni  
Easting
247129  
Northing
352485  
Street Side
 
Location
Road bridge and causeway on the A 487, spanning the Afon Lyni, between Llanllyfni and Penygroes.  

Description


Broad Class
Transport  
Period
 

History
Shown on the 1840 Tithe Map, the bridge forms part of the establishment of the turnpike road by the improving landlords of the Bryncir Estate in the 1820s.  

Exterior
Roughly coursed rubblestone with saddleback coping to long abutments forming a raised causeway to north and south. The bridge itself is of regularly coursed blocks with piers, coped parapet and string course above a single-span segmental arch over the river, faced with rough-dressed voussoirs and keystone below a plain arch ring.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as a very fine early C19 bridge on the former turnpike road.  

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