Pont Glanbran ( Partly in Ciliau Aeron Community) is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 23 May 1996. Bridge.
Pont Glanbran ( Partly in Ciliau Aeron Community)
- WRENN ID
- floating-barrel-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ceredigion
- Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 23 May 1996
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Pont Glanbran ( Partly in Ciliau Aeron Community), Pontrhydsaeson
- OS grid reference
- SN 542 619
- Coordinates
- 52.23637, -4.13565
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Pont Glanbran is a mid-19th century road bridge that spans the Afon Bran. It is one of three notable masonry bridges leading to Pontrhydsaeson, attributed to either Thomas Penson or his son R.K. Penson, with the others being Pont Dyffryn built in 1847 and Pont Rhydsaeson.
The bridge features squared tooled sandstone and has a single broad elliptical arch. It is characterized by raised rectangular voussoirs that have smooth borders, along with large keystones on either side. Above the arch, there is a rock-faced raised band and a parapet topped with heavy squared coping stones. The ends of the bridge curve slightly outward to raised end piers, with a band that extends across.
Pont Glanbran is included in a distinctive group of masonry bridges of exceptional quality in the area, designed by Thomas or R.K. Penson, which also encompasses Pont Aberarth from 1849 and Pont Pennant from 1850.
Local climate
Pont Glanbran ( Partly in Ciliau Aeron Community) 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 94% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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