Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
28/07/1989
Date of Amendment
28/07/1989
Name of Property
Pont Pensarn
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Location
On the western edge of the Community Council area. Spanning the narrow Afon Ddwyryd on the old road from Pwllheli to Nefyn.
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.
Reason for designation
One of a group of C18 causeway bridges in this area.
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