Furnace Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 January 1964. Bridge. 2 related planning applications.
Furnace Bridge
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-keystone-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ceredigion
- Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1964
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Furnace Bridge, Machynlleth, Ysgubor-Y-Coed
- OS grid reference
- SN 685 951
- Coordinates
- 52.5385, -3.94027
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Furnace Bridge is a road bridge dating from an unknown period, built of rubble stone. It spans the Einion river with a single segmental arch. The arch is formed of stone voussoirs, slightly recessed and cemented together. A parapet is constructed from very large, long, squared stones.
Local climate
Furnace Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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