Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont Lliw
Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 20 October 1966
- Locality
- Llanuwchllyn
- Community
- Llanuwchllyn
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.86174, -3.67716
- Cadw reference
- 4682
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 Dyfrdwy at the north-western approach to the village and carrying the main road.
History
Late C18 or early C19 2-span road bridge with floodarch.
Exterior
Two-span road bridge with associated revetments adjoining to the L and R, that to the R with further, smaller arch acting as a flood arch. The bridge proper is of coursed and dressed slatestone and has 2 elegant depressed arches with slatestone ashlar voussoirs and projecting keys. Triangular cutwaters to both up- and down-river sides, with diminishing courses to the top, and terminating in flat pilaster sections to the parapet. Further flat pilasters to the L and R ends. The parapet rises slightly to the centre following the gentle hump of the carriageway. It has rough-dressed coping stones and a stringcourse.
The flanking reveted sections are of rubble. That to the R contains the flood arch. This is a segmental arch with rough-dressed voussoirs; sandstone parapet copings to the upriver side, with rough-dressed slatestone to the remainder. The L side (beyond the main, bridge section) has similar sloped rubble revetments with slatestone copings. At the upriver L side is a pedestrian opening, with 5 descending steps leading to a footpath.
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine late C18 or early C19 2-span road bridge with flood arch and flanking revetments.
Nearby in the register
- The Village PumpWater Supply and Drainageunder 1 mi
- 6 Church StDomesticunder 1 mi
- Hen Dy'r YsgolEducationunder 1 mi
- RhydloewDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.