Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
33
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
02/07/1962
Date of Amendment
06/05/1998
Name of Property
Pont-y-Delyn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Hope
Town
Locality
Hope
Easting
330136
Northing
358490
Street Side
S
Location
Spanning the Afon Alun immediately S of the road and carrying the old Fagl Lane; approximately 1km W of the village centre.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
A bridge at this point was referred to by Edward Lhwyd in 1699 as the 'Pont-y-Dorlyn'. The present bridge is probably a late C18 replacement.
Exterior
Single-span road bridge approximately 20m long; of sandstone ashlar construction. Depressed arch with voussoirs conjoined with horizontal courses plain stringcourses below parapets with long, curved capping stones. Flat carriageway with four pairs of curved kerbstones; curved approaches with square terminating piers. The upstream approach to the W continues as a rubble revetment with two further buttresses. The bridge is currently unused.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special historic interest as a late C18 road bridge.
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