Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
9831
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/01/1964
Date of Amendment
31/03/2004
Name of Property
Pont Llanafan
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Trawsgoed
Town
Locality
Llanafan
Easting
268684
Northing
271385
Street Side
Location
Situated on main road about 2.5 km SE of Trawsgoed.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Road bridge over the Afon Ystwyth, earlier C19 in appearance but on older site. The 3rd Viscount Lisburne was asked by the quarter sessions to inspect the defects of Llanafan bridge in 1744 and arrange its repair.
Exterior
Road bridge, large single arch in rubble stone with squared stone voussoirs to recessed broad segmental arch. No string course, masonry continuous to parapet which has rough slate coping stones. Parapets splay out slightly each end and continue on N with about 14m of further walling. The underside of the bridge displays a central straight joint suggesting that it has been doubled in width.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a fine single-arch masonry bridge.
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