Pont-y-blew is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 October 1952. Bridge.

Pont-y-blew

WRENN ID
strange-panel-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
20 October 1952
Type
Bridge
Address
Pont-y-blew, Chirk
OS grid reference
SJ 310 382
Coordinates
52.9372, -3.0279
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Pont-y-blew is a bridge made of ashlar sandstone, featuring a single segmental arch that spans off square abutments. The arch consists of one ring of regular voussoirs and lacks a keystone, with the structure set back below a flush regulating course. The spandrils rise to a slightly arched square string band, which supports orthostatic parapets that were formerly cramped at the top. The bridge has been reinforced and widened by adding a concrete slab beneath the string course, increasing the overall width of the bridge to 4.05 meters, which accommodates a carriageway of 3.6 meters.

Local climate

Pont-y-blew receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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