Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
4692
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/04/1951
Date of Amendment
01/02/1996
Name of Property
Pont Cymmerau
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Ffestiniog
Town
Locality
Pont Cymmerau
Easting
269087
Northing
343072
Street Side
Location
Located about 1km N of Rhyd-y-sarn in a wood fording the Afon Goedol; accessed via a track leading W from the A 496.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Exterior
Description: 2-span vernacular bridge, perhaps C17 and said to be at the junction of several Roman roads. Rubble construction on rock platform; 2 wide segmental arches with arch rings. Shallow-pointed cut-water on upstream side and flat buttress on downstream side. The R arch is set slightly lower; no parapets and out-of-character modern wire fence.
A vernacular twin-arched bridge of historic interest.
Interior
Reason for designation
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