Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
815
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/07/1966
Date of Amendment
15/12/1998
Name of Property
Pont Newydd
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Nantglyn
Town
Denbigh
Locality
Pont Newydd
Easting
300787
Northing
362433
Street Side
Location
Located some 200m NE of Nantglyn village spanning the Afon Ystrad and carrying the old Denbigh to Nantglyn road immediately E of its modern successor.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
First mentioned as Pont Newydd in 1656 and rebuilt in 1726 at a cost of £20. In 1753 £50 was levied to build 'a new stone arched bridge', its predecessor having been 'swept away in the late great flood'. The work was undertaken by Thomas Williams of Llansannan, mason. Further major repairs were undertaken in 1769 at a cost of £120; yet further work was recorded in 1779.
Exterior
Single-span rubble road bridge; wide segmental arch with rough-dressed voussoirs. Plain rubble parapets follow the pronounced hump of the carriageway; limestone coping stones with metal ties. At the Nantglyn end, on the SE side, and on the Denbigh end, on the NW side, are sloping rubble buttresses; the approaches are splayed.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a fine example of an C18 regional bridge.
Group value with the former Rectory adjacent.
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