Remains of Forge at Pont-y-blew is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 July 1998. Forge remains. 1 related planning application.
Remains of Forge at Pont-y-blew
- WRENN ID
- lost-flagstone-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wrexham
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1998
- Type
- Forge remains
- Address
- Remains of Forge at Pont-y-blew, Chirk, LL14 5BH
- OS grid reference
- SJ 311 384
- Coordinates
- 52.93864, -3.02603
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The remains of the forge at Pont-y-blew include a tunnel arch featuring a segmental stone arch within a retaining wall. Above this arch is a blocked opening that once delivered water to two parallel sunken troughs, which are lined with stone. On the northern side, there is a curved wall that terminates in a rounded recess, which continues to serve as the retaining wall for the sunken area.
Local climate
Remains of Forge at 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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