Pont Ty-uchaf is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 February 2003. Bridge.
Pont Ty-uchaf
- WRENN ID
- fossil-belfry-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 February 2003
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Pont Ty-uchaf, Lake Vyrnwy, Llanwddyn
- OS grid reference
- SH 999 215
- Coordinates
- 52.7818, -3.48513
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Pont Ty-uchaf is a bridge that features a distinct masonry style compared to other bridges on the Vyrnwy perimeter road. It has a deep-segmental span of approximately 9 meters, with rusticated voussoirs that are about 500 millimeters deep. The keystone is larger than usual, adorned with arris mouldings, and extends both above the extrados and below the intrados. The bridge is constructed from uncoursed ashlar common masonry with a rough finish, and it includes weepholes in the sides just below the springing line. There is a string course at the base of the parapet.
The carriageway measures about 8 meters wide between the parapets, which are made from smaller masonry but feature a large coping. Additionally, there are terminal piers topped with conical copings.
Local climate
Pont Ty-uchaf sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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