Pont Rhyd y Fferau is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 January 2001. Bridge.

Pont Rhyd y Fferau

WRENN ID
other-stair-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 January 2001
Type
Bridge
Address
Pont Rhyd y Fferau, Llanwrtyd Wells, Builth Wells
OS grid reference
SN 878 466
Coordinates
52.10719, -3.63885
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Pont Rhyd y Fferau is a three-arch bridge built with a flat deck made of snecked rock-faced stone. It features wide segmental arches constructed of stone voussoirs, each with raised keystones. The bridge has triangular cut-waters topped with domed caps that rise as narrow pilasters against the parapets. There is a string course along the parapets and flat stone copings that have a slight chamfer. The shallow end piers are at the same height as the parapets. Additionally, there is a contemporary wall that runs at right angles to the southeast.

Local climate

Pont Rhyd y Fferau sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% 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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