Pont-ar-Fran (partly in Yscir community) is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 January 1963. Road bridge.

Pont-ar-Fran (partly in Yscir community)

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
17 January 1963
Type
Road bridge
Address
Pont-ar-Fran (partly in Yscir community), Aberbran, Brecon, Trallong
OS grid reference
SN 984 296
Coordinates
51.9561, -3.47891
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Pont-ar-Fran is a road bridge featuring a single arch made of rubble stone. The arch is constructed with cut stone voussoirs and a keystone. The arch and the stonework of the spandrels are set back in a slightly curved, broad recess, topped with a rubble stone parapet. The bridge is finished with tooled stone copings.

Local climate

Pont-ar-Fran (partly in Yscir community) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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