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Pont Pensarn

A Grade II Listed Building in Pwllheli, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.8899 / 52°53'23"N

Longitude: -4.4376 / 4°26'15"W

OS Eastings: 236100

OS Northings: 335272

OS Grid: SH361352

Mapcode National: GBR 59.PVYL

Mapcode Global: WH44H.TM1F

Plus Code: 9C4QVHQ6+WX

Entry Name: Pont Pensarn

Listing Date: 28 July 1989

Last Amended: 28 July 1989

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 4598

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300004598

Location: On the western edge of the Community Council area. Spanning the narrow Afon Ddwyryd on the old road from Pwllheli to Nefyn.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Pwllheli

Community: Pwllheli

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

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History

Said to have been built in 1775;

Exterior

Causeway type bridge of rubble construction. One segmental arch with set back ring of voussoirs with shallow ramped buttresses. Irregular flat coping to parapets. The parapets eventually peter out to W; to E the southern parapet terminates at the gate into a field; the listing continues the parapet to N a similar distance.

Reasons for Listing

One of a group of C18 causeway bridges in this area.

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Other nearby listed buildings

  • II Pont Pensarn (partly in Pwllheli Community)
    The bridge carries the road from Efailnewydd over the Afon Rhyd-hir into the N part of Pwllheli, forming the boundary of the communities of Llannor and Pwllheli.
  • II Pont Penmaen
    Spanning the narrow Afon Ddwyryd on the main road from Pwllheli to Nefyn.
  • II Ffynnon Felin Bach
    At the roadside near the Western boundary of the Community Council approximately 1/3 km E of the Pont Pensarn. Opposite the drive entry to Felin Fach.
  • II Pont-y-Garreg Fachan
    On the western boundary of the Community Council carrying the Pwllheli/Abersoch road over the Afon Adwyryd.
  • II Goetre Farmhouse, with attached farm building
    The farm lies back from the main road running NW from Pwllheli, almost opposite Bodegroes Lodge.
  • II* Plas Bodegroes
    The house stands in its own parkland and gardens, reached by a driveway from Bodegroes Lodge on the main road from Pwllheli to the NW.
  • II Penpenmaen Cottage
    Set in the slope on the by-road W out of the town centre towards Efailnewydd.
  • II Pont-y-Ddwyryd
    Spanning the narrow Afon Ddwyryd on the by-road NW out of Pwllheli towards Llannor.

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