Pont Dysynni (partly in Bryn Crug community), Llanegryn, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.6143 / 52°36'51"N

Longitude: -4.0707 / 4°4'14"W

OS Eastings: 259898

OS Northings: 303847

OS Grid: SH598038

Mapcode National: GBR 8S.88D1

Mapcode Global: WH575.FKS5

Plus Code: 9C4QJW7H+PP

Entry Name: Pont Dysynni (partly in Bryn Crug community)

Listing Date: 17 June 1966

Last Amended: 26 July 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 4736

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300004736

Location: The bridge lies alongside the main road from Tywyn to Dolgellau, crossing the Afon Dysynni.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Llanegryn

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Bridge

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History

Built in the C18, probably following the Turnpike Act of 1784, as a major river crossing, carrying the main turnpiked road over the tidal river and adjoining marshland, on the main coastal road to Tywyn to the S.

Exterior

The bridge is built of local stone rubble. Four semi-circular arches of 6.3m span, of squared voussoirs set back under a square profile regulating course, the arches rising 1.8m above the water. Flush spandrels and parapet, the latter being caped with stone flags. The water piers are set on starlings, with a c120-degree cutwater each side, from which pilasters buttresses, with one offset, rise to the coping. The roadway, which is 3.75m wide between the 0.43m parapets, is humped over the river spans, and the bridge has a slight 'S'-curve on plan. An iron plate by Isaac of Portmadoc is reset in the E parapet, banning locomotives from crossing due to the insufficient strength of the bridge.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a fine and attractively sited C18 road bridge on a inlet, which has retained its original character almost intact.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Pont Dysynni (partly in Llanegryn community)
The bridge lies alongside the main road from Tywyn to Dolgellau, crossing the Afon Dysynni.
II Ty'n-y-winllan
Ty'n-y-winllan is a row of 6 terrace cottages on the S side of the road leaving Bryn Crug for Llanegryn. No 6 is at the W end, directly on to the road.
II Water lift pump by Pont Fathew
The pump stands in a small landscaped area of recent origin, on the N bridge head, in the centre of the village.
II Mile Marker
Set into the roadside wall, c30m S of the bridge over the Nant-Rhyd-yr-Onen, in the centre of the village.
II Water lift pump on road to Penowern
The pump stands on the corner of the road to Penowern farm, and Ffordd-y-felin.
II Grave of Mary Jones
In the graveyard behind Capel Bethlehem, in the centre of Bryn Crug.
II Glanymorfa Mawr
The farm stands to the SE of the village, reached by a farm road from in front of the chapels at the E end of the main street.
II Lofted farm building at Glan-y-morfa
Glan-y-morfa stands beside the road from Bryn Crug to Llanfihangel. The granary building runs parallel and close to the road, immediately S of the outbuilding.

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Pont Dysynni (partly in Bryn Crug community)

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanegryn, Gwynedd