Pont Fawr, at Llanrwst is narrow three-arch stone bridge that is said to have been designed by Inigo Jones, was built in 1636 by Sir John Wynn of Gwydir Castle. The bridge connects the town with Gwydir, a manor house dating from 1492, the 15th-century courthouse known as Tu Hwnt i'r Bont and also with the road from nearby Trefriw. Llanrwst is a small town and community on the A470 road and the River Conwy in Conwy County Borough. It takes its name from the 5th- to 6th-century Saint Grwst, "church or parish" llan "of St Grwst".
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