Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
4824
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/11/1996
Date of Amendment
25/02/2005
Name of Property
Pont Maentwrog
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Maentwrog
Town
Locality
Maentwrog
Easting
266477
Northing
340751
Street Side
Location
Roadbridge spanning the Afon Dwyryd, linking the A487(T) and the A496 to N of the village of Maentwrog.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Probably late C18 road bridge. Merioneth was the last of the Welsh counties to have turnpike roads and it was at a county meeting in Dolgellau in 1775 that it was resolved to convert the principal tracks of the county into turnpikes, in partnership with Caernarfonshire. By the end of the C18 most of the existing roads had been brought under the Trust under the Merioneth Turnpike Act of 1777.
Exterior
Late C18 road bridge comprising 3 spans with elliptical arches of stone voussoirs; string course above arches and a low parapet wall with stone slab copings. Triangular cutwaters between the arches on either side of the bridge have raking tops.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a little altered late C18 road bridge. Forms a group with the adjacent milestone and tollgate cottage at the N end of the village of Maentwrog.
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