Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bridge at Parc
Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Parc, Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, designated on 14 May 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 14 May 1998
- Locality
- Parc
- Community
- Llanfrothen
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.97620, -4.04278
- Cadw reference
- 19846
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 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 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)
- 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 · 119 Snowdon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Spanning the Afon Maesgwm approximately 150m W of, and downhill from, Gattws Parc.
History
Road bridge, probably built to serve the original, now redundant approach or drive to Parc, which formerly climbed up the hill past the gatehouse (Gattws Parc). This appears to have been superceded by the top drive already in the late C17 or early C18, since the monumental sweep of formal terraces which one presumes to be of this period cuts across it. The presumption therefore is that the bridge, in its interrelationship with the primary approach road, has to predate the terracing and the upper drive, and therefore may be early C17 although partly rebuilt in C19.
Exterior
Single-span rubble road bridge with segmental arch recessed under an arch-ring of narrow stones; rough-dressed voussoirs. Flat carriageway and splayed approaches; the parapets are missing.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special historic interest as a vernacular bridge of C17 origin at this
important sub-medieval site.
Group value with other listed items at Parc.
Nearby in the register
- Gattws Parc including Boulder Wall adjoining to NWDomesticunder 1 mi
- Revettment Walls to Terracing at Parc including Walls and Revettments to Enclosure adjoining to SEGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Boulder-built Boundary Walls above the Upper Drive at ParcGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Walls and Revettments to Upper Terrace Garden at ParcGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.