Aberbechan Aqueduct is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 July 1997. Aqueduct. 1 related planning application.

Aberbechan Aqueduct

WRENN ID
odd-sill-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 July 1997
Type
Aqueduct
Address
Aberbechan Aqueduct, Llandyssil
OS grid reference
SO 142 935
Coordinates
52.53269, -3.26578
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Aberbechan Aqueduct is a three-arched masonry structure built to span the Bechan Brook. It is designed with a concave curve and features three segmental arches. The aqueduct is constructed from finely dressed stone and includes hoodmoulds and a string course above the arches. The central arch is flanked by keeled cutwaters, which support pilasters that define the high stone-faced wall of the trough situated above the arches. This wall ends in a plain cornice and is complemented by simple cast-iron railings on the tow-path side.

Local climate

Aberbechan Aqueduct sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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