Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Dolwen Bridge
Betws Yn Rhos, Conwy, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 2 July 1998
- Locality
- Dolwen
- Community
- Betws Yn Rhos
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.25550, -3.66753
- Cadw reference
- 20088
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Spanning the river Dulas and carrying the B 5381 approximately 0.2km E of Dolwen.
History
A contract for the rebuilding of Dolwen Bridge dated 12th February 1788 states that the work must be completed by September of the same year.
Exterior
Single-span rubble road bridge. Segmental arch with recessed, rough-dressed voussoirs; low, sandstone-coped parapets, rising slightly to the centre with the gentle hump of the carriageway. The parapets are splayed at the approaches and terminate on the upstream side in simple square piers; some sections of capping have been renewed in cement. The western downstream parapet follows the course of the river for a short distance as a sloped revettment wall beyond a flat buttress which marks the termination of the bridge proper; the wall then joins a rubble boundary wall.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a late C18 road bridge retaining good character in a prominent location.
Group value with Dolwen Lodge and adjoining gates and gatepiers.
Nearby in the register
- Dolwen LodgeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gates and Gatepiers at Dolwen LodgeGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- No 1 Llygard-y-DyddDomesticunder 1 mi
- No 2 Llygard-y-DyddDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.