Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
4140
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/09/1985
Date of Amendment
09/03/2000
Name of Property
Pont Ogwen (partly in Llandygai community)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanllechid
Town
Locality
Braichmelyn
Easting
262652
Northing
365409
Street Side
Location
Spanning the Afon Ogwen immediately to the south-west of the A 5 at the entrance to the Ogwen Bank Caravan Park; carries a track over the river skirting the eastern side of the Penrhyn Slate Quarry.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Almost certainly built c1790 to connect Lord Penryhn's now demolished villa at Ogwen Bank, designed by Benjamin Wyatt, with Penrhyn Quarry. The Afon Ogwen here forms the boundary with Llanllechid community.
Exterior
Roughly coursed rubblestone with slate slab coping and string course. Single wide segmental arch with voussoirs and arch-ring, coping slightly rising to centre; corner piers.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a substantial late C18 bridge of a characteristic type, important for its historical connection with the now-demolished Gothick villa at Ogwen Bank.
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