Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
81005
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/01/1993
Date of Amendment
13/03/2003
Name of Property
Pont Llanfihangel (Partly in Llandysul Community)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanfihangel-ar-Arth
Town
Locality
Llanfihangel ar Arth
Easting
245657
Northing
240247
Street Side
Location
Spanning the Afon Teifi approximately 350m N of the parish church.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Built c1849-51. An original design by R K Penson, county surveyor, was begun but was abandoned as too expensive. An alternative design, by W James of Cardiff, was then adopted. The contractor was Joseph Douglas of Llanelli.
Exterior
A shallow, humped-back, single-span bridge of coursed rock-faced stone. The wide segmental arch has rock-faced voussoirs, above which is a band at the base of the parapet. The parapet is coped to the ends of the abutments, and splayed out on the R (Ceredigion) bank on the downstream side. The abutments are slightly battered.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a finely designed arched bridge over the River Teifi.
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