Pont Farchwel is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 13 October 1966. A C18 Bridge.
Pont Farchwel
- WRENN ID
- frozen-stone-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Conwy
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 13 October 1966
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Pont Farchwel, Castell, Caerhun
- OS grid reference
- SH 768 698
- Coordinates
- 53.21138, -3.84563
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Pont Farchwel is a single-span rubble bridge, likely built in the late 18th century. It features a segmental arch made of rough-dressed stone, with the voussoirs slightly inset beneath a hood formed by narrow stones. The parapet is partially topped with long, roughly-dressed slabs.
Local climate
Pont Farchwel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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