Footbridge E of Serpentine Pond at Leighton Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 December 1982. House.

Footbridge E of Serpentine Pond at Leighton Hall

WRENN ID
under-gutter-vetch
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
24 December 1982
Type
House
Address
Footbridge E of Serpentine Pond at Leighton Hall, Leighton Park, Forden, Forden with Leighton and Trelystan
OS grid reference
SJ 242 046
Coordinates
52.63459, -3.12104
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The footbridge east of Serpentine Pond at Leighton Hall is a Grade II* listed structure. It features a triple-arched design made of coursed, rock-faced Cefn stone with ashlar dressings. The bridge has rusticated Tudor arches, with the central arch being wider and adorned with a blank shield as a keystone. The outer arches include blind mouchettes in the spandrels and machicolations above them. Below the parapet, there is a string course with prominent gargoyles. The parapet is designed with stepped pierced trefoil arcading and ramped coping, although much of this has now fallen. The abutments lack a parapet but have similar coping and end in low square piers. The flat deck is covered with modern concrete, but the original drainage channels along the parapet are still intact.

Local climate

Footbridge E of Serpentine Pond at Leighton Hall receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% 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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