Canal Bridge on Roadway to the Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 February 1995. Canal bridge.
Canal Bridge on Roadway to the Bridge
- WRENN ID
- slow-bastion-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1995
- Type
- Canal bridge
- Address
- Canal Bridge on Roadway to the Bridge, Varchoel, Guilsfield
- OS grid reference
- SJ 235 128
- Coordinates
- 52.7079, -3.13332
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Canal Bridge No 5 on the Guilsfield Branch of the Montgomeryshire Canal was built between 1794 and 1797. It features a brick arch and abutments, with sandstone copings. The parabolic arch is made of 33-centimeter brick and is partially rendered under the soffit. The abutments are splayed at both ends and end in 45-centimeter brick piers. There is a stone string at water level and five housing slots for maintenance. The parapet rises at an angle along the abutments and flattens over the bridge, capped by a flush square stone coping. On the northeast side, there is an oval cast iron identification plate with the number 5.
Local climate
Canal Bridge on Roadway to the Bridge receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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