Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Access Bridge to Bryn Eisteddfod
Llansanffraid Glan Conwy, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Bryn Eisteddfod, Llansanffraid Glan Conwy, Conwy, designated on 16 February 1978.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 16 February 1978
- Locality
- Bryn Eisteddfod
- Community
- Llansanffraid Glan Conwy
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.27665, -3.78972
- Cadw reference
- 3632
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesNational Library of Scotland
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)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1930 · OS Popular Edition 1919-1947 (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
Spanning the B 5381 0.5 km N of Bryn Eisteddfod, some 3km N of Llansanffraid Glan Conwy; carrying the N drive to Bryn Eisteddfod over the road
Exterior
Elegant single-span bridge built in 1841 for the Venerable Hugh Chambres Jones, Archdeacon of Essex. Of snecked, dressed stone with wide depressed arch; brick soffit and brick-on-edge voussoirs in 4 oversailing courses, giving a strong decorative effect. Plain string course at springing and splayed approaches; parapet rises gently to centre and has ashlar coping.
Reason for designation
A fine mid C19 estate bridge.
Nearby in the register
- Rubble cart shed at Bryn EisteddfodAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Kitchen Garden Walls (including glasshouses) at Bryn EisteddfodDomesticunder 1 mi
- L-shaped stable range at Bryn EisteddfodDomesticunder 1 mi
- Brick Carthouse at Bryn EisteddfodDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.