Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
26614
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/05/2002
Date of Amendment
03/05/2002
Name of Property
Pont Seiont
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Caernarfon
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Morfa Common
Easting
248295
Northing
361640
Street Side
Location
A former road bridge spanning the River Seiont between the A487 and Seiont Mill Road.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
A road bridge erected in 1835 by W.G. Owen, contractor (details on tablet).
Exterior
A single-span double-carriageway road bridge of coursed stone strengthened by steel tie rods. A round arch has stressed margin-drafted voussoirs. Abutments terminate with shallow splayed buttresses, which are carried up above a moulded cornice as terminal piers to the coped parapet. On the upstream (S) side the parapet has a panelled tablet recording the building of the bridge. On the R bank (E side), beyond the buttresses, is a second round-headed arch over a trackway, with stressed voussoirs and rubble stone parapet. Beyond this arch the SE side abuts a later C19 viaduct at right angles.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-detailed and well-preserved early C19 road bridge.
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