Latitude: 52.9539 / 52°57'13"N
Longitude: -4.0145 / 4°0'52"W
OS Eastings: 264761
OS Northings: 341511
OS Grid: SH647415
Mapcode National: GBR 5V.KWVS
Mapcode Global: WH55N.90KT
Plus Code: 9C4QXX3P+H5
Entry Name: Railway Bridge to W of Tan-y-bwlch Station
Listing Date: 25 February 2005
Last Amended: 25 February 2005
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 84016
Building Class: Transport
ID on this website: 300084016
Location: Railway bridge carrying the Ffestiniog railway over the B4410 on the northern approach to the small hamlet of Tan-y-bwlch; to E of Tan-y-bwlch station.
County: Gwynedd
Community: Maentwrog
Community: Maentwrog
Locality: Tan-y-bwlch
Traditional County: Merionethshire
Tagged with: Railway bridge
Mid C19 railway bridge, dated 1854, and erected to carry the Ffestiniog railway between Porthmadog and Ffestiniog. Reinforced with concrete beams during the restoration of the line in 1985.
Mid C19 railway bridge comprising a single shallow segmental arch of cast iron construction, with recessed panels and bearing the name and date: BOSTON LODGE FOUNDRY 1854. The parapets are formed of an open arcade of pointed arches under a plain rail and with square newels to either end with recessed panels bearing quatrefoil motifs. The bridge is supported on mortared masonry piers with advanced shaped stone copings at the springing point.
Listed as a good mid C19 railway bridge which is an exceptional example of cast-ironwork from a local foundry.
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