Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pont Aberffraw
Aberffraw, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 1 August 1952
- Locality
- Aberffraw
- Community
- Aberffraw
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.19212, -4.46256
- Cadw reference
- 5259
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 1883 "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Spanning the Afon Ffraw at the eastern side of Aberffraw, the bridge is located at the E end of Bridge Street.
History
Built in 1731; constructed with money donated by Sir Arthur Owen, Bart., of Bodeon (Bodowen). The bridge has been blocked to traffic since the new road bridge spanning the Afon Ffraw was built in recent years; now in use as a foot bridge over the river.
Exterior
A single span, hump-backed bridge of rubble masonry with segmental arch of dressed voussoirs, with keystone, slightly inset below extrados course of narrow slabs. Long approaches with rough parapets.
Reason for designation
Listed as an excellent and well documented example of a C18 roadbridge, which forms an important part of the landscape and character of the village of Aberffraw.
Nearby in the register
- Pont AberffrawBridgeunder 1 mi
- Seion Methodist Chapel, including railings to forecourtReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The EaglesEducationunder 1 mi
- Aberffraw Calvinistic Methodist ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.