Pont Llanystumdwy, Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9227 / 52°55'21"N

Longitude: -4.2706 / 4°16'14"W

OS Eastings: 247452

OS Northings: 338553

OS Grid: SH474385

Mapcode National: GBR 5J.MT8J

Mapcode Global: WH44D.CSMS

Plus Code: 9C4QWPFH+3Q

Entry Name: Pont Llanystumdwy

Listing Date: 19 January 1952

Last Amended: 31 March 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 4219

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300004219

Location: The bridge carries the main street of the village over the Afon Dwyfor.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Criccieth

Community: Llanystumdwy

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Bridge Road bridge

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History

The bridge was probably built first in the early C17, and was widened on the SW side in 1780 at the same time as Pont Bontfechan; it has been provided with a concrete pedestrian walkway on the NE side in the mid-late C20.

Exterior

Built of rubble stonework. Two segmental arches constructed with radial stones recessed under a regulating course, flush spandrels and parapet, all carried on a substantial water pier with a high rounded cutwater on the upstream side, and a low cutwater downstream. At the N end a further smaller segmental flood arch similarly constructed and probably to the same radius, and a further square culvert, probably for a former mill stream. A similar filled arch probably exists at the S end. The upstream cutwater has been modified to carry the concrete pedestrian walkway, with steel railings. The main arches span c10m with the crown rising 3.75m above the river. The original bridge was a total 2.8m wide, and widened in 1780 by 1.8m. The flush coped parapets 40cm thick once had inscriptions 1745, WWA 1859, D.DLL/A 12/1859 no longer visible. The present carriageway is 4m wide.

Reasons for Listing

Included as an imposing bridge, largely of C18 character, at the centre of the conservation area.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Milestone
The milestone stands immediately at the W end of the N parapet of the bridge, under a road sign.
II Church of St John the Baptist
The parish church stands conspicuously in its graveyard on the N side of the Afon Dwyfor in the centre of Llanystuymdwy.
II Churchyard Wall and Lychgate to the Church of St John the Baptist
The churchyard wall separates the encircling road from the oval graveyard on the S; the lychgate provides access to the churchyard from the road on the W side, opposite the tower.
II Ty'n Llan
The house stands behind and on the N side of the Church of St John the Baptist at the centre of the village.
II Caernarfon Gates and Gate Piers to Amgueddfa Lloyd George
The gate piers and gates stand back from the pavement and immediately W of the museum, opposite Capel Moriah in the centre of Llanystumdwy.
II No 1, Minafon
The pair of cottages stands at the W end of the village on the S side of the main road opposite the school.
II Front Walls and Gates to Moriah Methodist Chapel
The front walls to the grassed forecourt of Capel Moriah are on the S side of the main road through the village.
II* Grave of David Lloyd George
The grave is on the N side of the road leading E from Pont Llanystumdwy, and on the wooded high bank of the Afon Dwyfor.

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Pont Llanystumdwy

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd