Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont Iwrch
Bro Garmon, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Nebo, Bro Garmon, Conwy, designated on 23 June 1967.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 23 June 1967
- Locality
- Nebo
- Community
- Bro Garmon
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.09359, -3.74468
- Cadw reference
- 116
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Spanning the Afon Iwrch some 500m NW of Nebo and carrying the B5113 from Llanrwst to Nebo.
History
Early C19 single-span road bridge.
Exterior
Rubble construction with flat, parapetted carriageway. Segmental arch with rough-dressed voussoirs, slightly recessed below an archring of narrow stones; projecting keystone. Plain stringcourse beneath slab-coped parapets; this is carried on to flanking, battered 2-stage buttresses, which are slightly splayed outwards.
Reason for designation
Included as a good typical example of an early C19 road bridge.
Nearby in the register
- Soflen FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Maen-Pebyll Burial ChamberLong Cairnunder 1 mi
- Maen Sertan Boundary StoneBoundary Stoneunder 1 mi
- Barn at Tan-y-FoelAgriculture and Subsistence1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.