Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont Pensarn
Conwy, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pont Pensarn, Conwy, designated on 8 October 1981.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 8 October 1981
- Locality
- Pont Pensarn
- Town
- Conwy
- Community
- Conwy
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.27947, -3.82642
- Cadw reference
- 3313
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 94 Beaumaris (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Immediately S of the railway and SW of the castle.
History
Probably C18 or early C19 and shown on the 1848 Tithe map.
Exterior
A single-span double-carriageway road bridge of coursed rubble stone and segmental arch of tooled voussoirs. The plain parapet has been partly renewed with cement coping on the E side. A SE square rock-faced terminal pier is part of the forecourt wall of the adjoining bowling green. On the SW side is a rectangular terminal pier with saddleback coping. It is abutted by a later rubble-stone boundary wall of the adjoining premises. On the N side the parapet abuts the railway bridge.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a rare surviving vernacular road bridge close to the town centre.
Nearby in the register
- Railway bridge over Llanrwst Road, including attached embankment wall to ETransportunder 1 mi
- Crane in former railway yard E of Conwy stationNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Retaining wall of Afon Gyffin to E of Pont PensarnDomesticunder 1 mi
- Conwy CastleDefenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.