Pont Gwanas (partly in Dolgellau Community) is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 June 1990. Bridge.

Pont Gwanas (partly in Dolgellau Community)

WRENN ID
rusted-gallery-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 June 1990
Type
Bridge
Address
Pont Gwanas (partly in Dolgellau Community), Brithdir and Llanfachreth, Gwynedd
OS grid reference
SH 768 167
Coordinates
52.73467, -3.82559
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Pont Gwanas is a twin-arched road bridge made of rubble, dating from the 18th century or earlier, with repairs noted in 1830. The bridge features segmental arches that are separated by a triangular full-height cutwater on the upstream side. The parapet has a slight camber that follows the rise of the road. On the upstream side, the rubble parapets extend to the north, where they have been extensively repaired recently. On the south side, the parapet continues for about 4 meters towards the new road, where it connects to a modern rubble dwarf wall that curves around to flank the new road to the west. On the downstream side, the south bridge parapet ends at a junction with a section of 19th-century wall that steps up. An adjoining wall and gatepiers create the entrance to Caerynwch.

Local climate

Pont Gwanas (partly in Dolgellau Community) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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