Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Former railway bridge at Bontnewydd
Bontnewydd, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Bontnewydd, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, designated on 29 July 1997.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 29 July 1997
- Locality
- Bontnewydd
- Town
- Caernarfon
- Community
- Bontnewydd
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.11547, -4.27405
- Cadw reference
- 18618
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 105 Carnarvon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Crossing the Afon Gwyrfai and a minor road to Llanfaglan, some 400m W of the A487 in the centre of Bontnewydd.
History
Railway bridge possibly of c1867 over Afon Gwyrfai and road to Llanfaglan. The Caernarfon to Afonwen Railway opened in 1867, built by Thomas Savin partly on the earlier Nantlle narrow gauge railway, but this railway crossed the river on a different site according to 1842 Tithe Map.
Exterior
Large triple-arched railway bridge in rock-faced squared stone with broad brick segmental arches. Arches have five courses of brickwork. Two big piers, low parapets.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-detailed example of a large mid-C19 railway bridge.
Nearby in the register
- Nantlle Tramway River BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Plas-y-bontDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ty Capel SiloamReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Capel SiloamReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.