Bridge at Parc, Llanfrothen, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9762 / 52°58'34"N

Longitude: -4.0428 / 4°2'33"W

OS Eastings: 262934

OS Northings: 344048

OS Grid: SH629440

Mapcode National: GBR 5T.JGFZ

Mapcode Global: WH55F.WG16

Plus Code: 9C4QXXG4+FV

Entry Name: Bridge at Parc

Listing Date: 14 May 1998

Last Amended: 14 May 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 19846

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300019846

Location: Spanning the Afon Maesgwm approximately 150m W of, and downhill from, Gattws Parc.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Llanfrothen

Locality: Parc

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Bridge Road bridge

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History

Road bridge, probably built to serve the original, now redundant approach or drive to Parc, which formerly climbed up the hill past the gatehouse (Gattws Parc). This appears to have been superceded by the top drive already in the late C17 or early C18, since the monumental sweep of formal terraces which one presumes to be of this period cuts across it. The presumption therefore is that the bridge, in its interrelationship with the primary approach road, has to predate the terracing and the upper drive, and therefore may be early C17 although partly rebuilt in C19.

Exterior

Single-span rubble road bridge with segmental arch recessed under an arch-ring of narrow stones; rough-dressed voussoirs. Flat carriageway and splayed approaches; the parapets are missing.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its special historic interest as a vernacular bridge of C17 origin at this
important sub-medieval site.

Group value with other listed items at Parc.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II* Gattws Parc including Boulder Wall adjoining to NW
Strikingly located on an elevated site above the Afon Maesgwm, approximately 2km SW of Croesor; sited into the hillslope immediately to the NW of the old approach road to Parc, approximately 200m NE o
II Revettment Walls to Terracing at Parc including Walls and Revettments to Enclosure adjoining to SE
Occupying a steep slope from the upper Parc drive down to the Afon Maesgwm, between Parc Cottages and Gattws Parc
II Boulder-built Boundary Walls above the Upper Drive at Parc
Located to the N of Parc and enclosing an area of raised ground above the drive, between the barn and Gattws Parc
II Walls and Revettments to Upper Terrace Garden at Parc
Located some 50m E of Parc, facing the valley and in front of the site of the (now demolished) primary house at Parc.
II* Middle Parc including Fountain Basin adjoining to W
Strikingly located on an elevated site above the Afon Maesgwm, approximately 2km SW of Croesor; sited some 50m NE of Parc.
II* Parc
Strikingly located on an elevated site above the Afon Maesgwm, approximately 2km SW of Croesor; accessed via a long drive running SW from the Garreg to Croesor road.
II Barn at Parc
Located some 40m NW of Parc, facing a farmyard to the SE and set against a slope to the NW.
II* L-shaped Agricultural Range at Parc
Located immediately to the W of Parc, facing a farmyard to the N.

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Bridge at Parc

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanfrothen, Gwynedd