Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont-y-Pandy
Trefriw, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Trefriw, Conwy, designated on 13 October 1966.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 13 October 1966
- Locality
- Trefriw
- Community
- Trefriw
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.15082, -3.82880
- Cadw reference
- 3221
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)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (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 Crafnant immediately above the Fairy Falls at the western extremity of the town.
Exterior
Late C18/early C19 single-span rubble road bridge with segmental arch; recessed voussoirs below arch ring of long narrow stones. Plain band below rubble parapet with large rough-dressed capping stones. The western (upstream) parapet terminates at the N approach in a circular pier after curving outwards slightly. The eastern parapet has been partly lost at the N approach where the present Bro Geirionedd Rd. branches off, and slopes up slightly on the S side before terminating.
Reason for designation
A late C18/early C19 road bridge above the Fairy Falls.
Nearby in the register
- The Old RectoryDomesticunder 1 mi
- Peniel Welsh Presbyterian ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Plas CochDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pont TrefriwTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.