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Pont ar Lledr (Partly in Bro Machno Community)

A Grade II Listed Building in Betws-y-Coed, Conwy

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0712 / 53°4'16"N

Longitude: -3.7976 / 3°47'51"W

OS Eastings: 279662

OS Northings: 354169

OS Grid: SH796541

Mapcode National: GBR 64.BG0V

Mapcode Global: WH669.M2VD

Plus Code: 9C5R36C2+FX

Entry Name: Pont ar Lledr (Partly in Bro Machno Community)

Listing Date: 3 May 1954

Last Amended: 30 May 1996

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 3228

Building Class: Transport

Also known as: Pont Ar Lledr (Partly In Bettws-Y-Coed Community)

ID on this website: 300003228

Location: Carrying the old road from Betws-y-Coed to Penmachno across the Afon Lledr; located at the south-eastern boundary of the community area.

County: Conwy

Community: Betws-y-Coed

Community: Betws-y-Coed

Locality: Pont ar Lledr

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Bridge Road bridge

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History

Twin-arched road bridge, late C17 and later, though perhaps earlier in origin; Edward Lhwyd in 1699 mentions the bridge and ascribes it to Howell Saer (fl 1468).

Exterior

Rubble road bridge of two elliptical arches of roughly 11m and 4m in span, the larger arch spanning the river and the smaller being a flood arch.; dressed voussoirs recessed slightly beneath arch-rings of narrow stones. Small triangular rubble cutwaters to the upstream side, that on the SE (Bro Machno) side only surviving in fragment. The roadway and parapets rise to the centre of the larger arch; slab coping to the latter.

Reasons for Listing

A twin-arched vernacular bridge of much character and with early origins.

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