Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
5901
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
17/03/1953  
Date of Amendment
17/07/1992  
Name of Property
Pont Llan  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Conwy  
Community
Bro Machno  
Town
 
Locality
Penmachno  
Easting
279088  
Northing
350535  
Street Side
 
Location
Spans Afon Machno in Penmachno village centre.  

Description


Broad Class
Transport  
Period
 

History
C18 stone bridge, replaced old Penmachno bridge swept away by great storm of 20 June 1779  

Exterior
Approx 60 metres long; carriageway approx 4m wide. Five arches; 2 main arches (cutwater between on upstream side) span river; 3 lower flood arches to W. Arches elliptical with thin voussoirs below shallow hoods. Slate parapet approx 1m high with vertically-set cappings. Inscription on stone on S parapet: 'Pont isel drafel ar dro - pont lydan I wladwyr drafaelio Pont a fydd mewn pant tra fo Pont ar ochor Pentrefachno I. Hughes a Harry Parry O Garnarvon 1785.' Inscription on rear of same stone with initials 'JWMO IWE' (?), and date 'AD 1903'. Stone also bears faint inscribed heads of two men with pipes said locally to be builders of bridge.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
 

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