Pont y Bettws, Betws Gwerfil Goch (Betws Gwerful Goch), Denbighshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0065 / 53°0'23"N

Longitude: -3.4477 / 3°26'51"W

OS Eastings: 302952

OS Northings: 346450

OS Grid: SJ029464

Mapcode National: GBR 6L.GNYT

Mapcode Global: WH77T.0PHH

Plus Code: 9C5R2H42+JW

Entry Name: Pont y Bettws

Listing Date: 1 April 1998

Last Amended: 7 August 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 19579

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300019579

Location: The bridge is at the SE end of Bettws Gwerfil Goch village and carries the road to Corwen over the Afon Alwen.

County: Denbighshire

Community: Betws Gwerfil Goch (Betws Gwerful Goch)

Community: Betws Gwerfil Goch

Locality: Bettws Gwerfil Goch

Traditional County: Denbighshire

Tagged with: Bridge Road bridge

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History

Built in 1785, according to the datestone; apparently to the design of the County Surveyor Joseph Turner. (Turner is known to have designed bridges, though this one is not mentioned in Colvin's Biographical Dictionary.) This probably replaces an earlier bridge at a lower level, and was designed to cope with flood conditions.

The construction of a reservoir upstream has since removed the flooding risk at Pont y Bettws.

Exterior

Built of local ashlar with a rubble stone parapet, with a datestone set below the coping on the road face of the main span. Three semicircular arches, the centre arch spanning 13.1 m and rising 5.7 m above the river, and each flood arch of 10.4 m span, rising approximately 5 m above the water. Each arch is constructed with 0.6 m voussoirs and a regulating course and spans on to water piers. The flush parallel spandrels rise to flush shale-coped and iron cramped parapets, providing a carriageway width of 5.5 m, the total width of the bridge being 6.3 m. The abutments are slightly outset and swing outwards to terminate in square stone piers. Pilasters rise from each water pier between the spans.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a fine example of a dated C18 road bridge, one of the few 3-arch bridges built during the period of improvements to the minor roads of the district which took place in the late C18 and early C19.

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II Y Gro, including railings to forecourt
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II Capel-y-gro, with Ty-capel and Schoolroom, including railings in front of the graveyard
The chapel with its associated buildings lies approximately 20 m to the SW of Pont y Bettws, and raised above the SE side of the road. Railed forecourt and graveyard and memorial to right.
II The Hand
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II* Church of St Mary
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II Lychgate of St Mary's Church
To the north of St Mary's Church, facing Wynllan.
II Gwynfa
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II Old house and outbuildings at north side of Wyn Llan
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Pont y Bettws

A Grade II Listed Building in Betws Gwerfil Goch (Betws Gwerful Goch), Denbighshire