Pont-y-capel is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 April 1998. Bridge.

Pont-y-capel

WRENN ID
bitter-quoin-harvest
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Conwy
Constituency
Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
1 April 1998
Type
Bridge
Address
Pont-y-capel, Llangwm
OS grid reference
SH 966 449
Coordinates
52.99192, -3.54147
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Pont-y-capel is a bridge constructed from local rubble stone. It features a single segmental arch that spans approximately 8.8 meters, with the soffit rising to about 2.75 meters above the water level. The arch is made of 47-centimeter deep rubble voussoirs that are slightly set in beneath a projecting regulating course. Above this, flush spandrels extend up into low flush stone-coped parapets. The bridge has a width of 5.5 meters between its parallel sides, providing a slightly humped carriageway that is 4.6 meters wide between the parapets. The ends of the bridge splay sharply outwards, terminating in square piers. The foundations are noted to be 5 feet (1.525 meters) deep, constructed of country stone laid in hot lime mortar.

Local climate

Pont-y-capel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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