Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
81913
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/09/2003
Date of Amendment
25/09/2003
Name of Property
Pont y Glascoed
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llansilin
Town
Locality
Easting
321390
Northing
327584
Street Side
Location
Over the Cynllaith about 400 m west of Glascoed.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Probably a C17/C18 parish or hundred bridge, adopted and improved as a County bridge; its proximity suggests in origin it may be contemporary with Glascoed (early C17).
Exterior
A bridge of two arches, each of about 4 m span, in local stonework. Cutwater on the north side. The common masonry is slightly corbelled out from the voussoirs.
The carriageway is about 5 m wide with orthostat parapets about 900 mm high, terminating in a pier at each corner.
Interior
Reason for designation
A minor bridge of vernacular character, unusual in being a two-arch design; parapets characteristic of the county bridges of Thomas Penson.
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