Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
4598
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
28/07/1989  
Date of Amendment
28/07/1989  
Name of Property
Pont Pensarn  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Pwllheli  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
236100  
Northing
335272  
Street Side
 
Location
On the western edge of the Community Council area. Spanning the narrow Afon Ddwyryd on the old road from Pwllheli to Nefyn.  

Description


Broad Class
Transport  
Period
 

History
Said to have been built in 1775;  

Exterior
Causeway type bridge of rubble construction. One segmental arch with set back ring of voussoirs with shallow ramped buttresses. Irregular flat coping to parapets. The parapets eventually peter out to W; to E the southern parapet terminates at the gate into a field; the listing continues the parapet to N a similar distance.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
One of a group of C18 causeway bridges in this area.  

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