Devil's Bridge / Pont ar Fynach is a Grade II* listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 January 1964. House.

Devil's Bridge / Pont ar Fynach

WRENN ID
seventh-chamber-solstice
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Ceredigion
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
21 January 1964
Type
House
Address
Devil's Bridge / Pont ar Fynach, Pontarfynach, Aberystwyth
OS grid reference
SN 741 770
Coordinates
52.37679, -3.84988
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Devil's Bridge, also known as Pont ar Fynach, is a Grade II* listed structure featuring three superimposed bridges. The lowest bridge is made of rubble stone and has a narrow, obtusely pointed single arch with stone voussoirs, likely refaced in the 18th century, and a flat coping. Above this, the second bridge was constructed in 1753 and is also made of rubble stone, featuring a single segmental arch formed from large squared stones, with large stone voussoirs at the ends and a deep masonry section above.

In 1814, the original parapet was removed and replaced with a cast-iron parapet supported by cast-iron scrolled supports, which rest on crude stone corbels. These supports terminate in pierced roundels. The parapet consists of ten joined cast-iron panels on each side, some of which are missing on the upstream side. Each panel is pierced with four pointed arches and features four roundels above, which encircle a concave-sided lozenge.

Massive raking abutments flank the stone arch, rising from the rock below. These abutments were altered and enlarged to support the bridge built in 1901, which is situated just above the earlier structures. The 1901 bridge has a flat concrete roadway on steel corrugated decking, supported by two steel deep I-beams that are pierced for lightness, replacing the original iron or steel girders from 1901. The original railings from 1901 have been reset and consist of a simple lattice of flat iron strips, with stone piers at each end. A plaque on the rubble wall to the southwest reads: 'Adeiladwyd gan Cyngor Siriol Ceredigion 1901. Gorchwylwr R. Lloyd'.

Local climate

Devil's Bridge / Pont ar Fynach sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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