Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont-y-Parc
Llanycil, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 22 October 2001
- Locality
- Parc
- Community
- Llanycil
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.89098, -3.67156
- Cadw reference
- 25807
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 1795 "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).
Cadw's description
Location
Spanning the Afon Llafar in the centre of the village.
History
Late C18 or early C19 regional road bridge.
Exterior
Single-span road bridge; of rubble construction with rough-dressed voussoirs to segmental arch, recessed below archrings of narrow stones in the regional manner. Humped carriageway with rubble parapets. Some cast concrete at base of well to west. Adjoining on the downstream side is a modern pedestrian bridge of wood and metal.
Reason for designation
Listed as a late C18 or early C19 regional road bridge retaining original character in a village-centre context.
Nearby in the register
- Pont Llwyn-Hir (aka Pont-y-Cyffdy)Transportunder 1 mi
- CyffdyDomesticunder 1 mi
- RafelDomesticunder 1 mi
- Barn at RafelAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.