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Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
25222
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/05/2001
Date of Amendment
19/05/2001
Name of Property
Pont-pen-y-bont
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd
Town
Locality
Pentre Celyn
Easting
313423
Northing
352725
Street Side
Location
300m east of Pen-y-graig, across the Afon Hesbin.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
The route upon which this bridge stands is an abandoned track north-north-west from Glan Hesbin farm, which appears originally to have connected with the track and road running north through Bryn-yr-obwst to Llanfair village. This is reputed to have been a section of Roman road, and the bridge is known locally as the Roman Bridge. The bridge is a packhorse bridge evidently of the C18 or before.
The bridge gave the name to a nearby cottage (no longer extant), known as Pen-y-bont cottage; the name was then taken back to the bridge from the cottage as Pont-pen-y-bont.
Exterior
A single span bridge in local axe dressed or rubble limestone masonry, with a span of about 8m and a width of about 3m. The ground is gently ramped up at each side. There are no parapets. The shape of the arch is segmental with a rise of about 2½m.
Interior
Reason for designation
An increasingly rare survival of a packhorse bridge.
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