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Pont Newydd

A Grade II Listed Building in Nantglyn, Denbighshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1498 / 53°8'59"N

Longitude: -3.4849 / 3°29'5"W

OS Eastings: 300787

OS Northings: 362433

OS Grid: SJ007624

Mapcode National: GBR 6J.5KYL

Mapcode Global: WH662.F3Q4

Plus Code: 9C5R4GX8+W2

Entry Name: Pont Newydd

Listing Date: 19 July 1966

Last Amended: 15 December 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 815

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300000815

Location: Located some 200m NE of Nantglyn village spanning the Afon Ystrad and carrying the old Denbigh to Nantglyn road immediately E of its modern successor.

County: Denbighshire

Town: Denbigh

Community: Nantglyn

Community: Nantglyn

Locality: Pont Newydd

Traditional County: Denbighshire

Tagged with: Bridge Road bridge

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History

First mentioned as Pont Newydd in 1656 and rebuilt in 1726 at a cost of £20. In 1753 £50 was levied to build 'a new stone arched bridge', its predecessor having been 'swept away in the late great flood'. The work was undertaken by Thomas Williams of Llansannan, mason. Further major repairs were undertaken in 1769 at a cost of £120; yet further work was recorded in 1779.

Exterior

Single-span rubble road bridge; wide segmental arch with rough-dressed voussoirs. Plain rubble parapets follow the pronounced hump of the carriageway; limestone coping stones with metal ties. At the Nantglyn end, on the SE side, and on the Denbigh end, on the NW side, are sloping rubble buttresses; the approaches are splayed.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its special interest as a fine example of an C18 regional bridge.

Group value with the former Rectory adjacent.

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  • II Pont-y-Llan
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  • II Parish Church of St James
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  • II Telephone Call-box
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  • II Glasmor
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  • II Agricultural Range immediately S of Glasmor
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  • II Barn Range to the W of Glasmor
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  • II Waen Presbyterian Chapel and School Hall
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