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Bridge carrying former west drive over Afon Llifon

A Grade II Listed Building in Llandwrog, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.071 / 53°4'15"N

Longitude: -4.3097 / 4°18'34"W

OS Eastings: 245353

OS Northings: 355135

OS Grid: SH453551

Mapcode National: GBR 5G.BHLG

Mapcode Global: WH43S.R2YJ

Plus Code: 9C5Q3MCR+C4

Entry Name: Bridge carrying former west drive over Afon Llifon

Listing Date: 8 September 1998

Last Amended: 30 September 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 20462

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300020462

Location: Now situated in pastureland approximately 300m south-west of the stables at Glynllifon.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Llandwrog

Community: Llandwrog

Locality: Glynllifon

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

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History

Probably built as part of the 2nd Lord Newborough's improvements in 1820's. Although not directly related to his canalisation of the Afon Llifon this bridge is stylsitically similar to those in front of the house. The west drive originally entered the park by the present (but later) Grand Lodge and ran in a broad arc south-eastwards where it met the south drive and then approached the house through the plantations to the south.

Glynllifon was the seat of the Wynn family and Sir Thomas John Wynn became the 1st Lord Newborough in 1776. The house was rebuilt after a fire 1836-48 by Edward Haycock, architect of Shrewsbury.

Exterior

Ashlar single-arched bridge carrying a level roadway low over the river. The segmental arch has voussoirs and is flanked by small swept abutments. The parapet has rounded coping though that to the downstream side has collapsed.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as an elegant earlier C19 estate bridge and for group value with other listed items within this major Welsh landscaped park.

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