Entrance arch to the Lefel Fawr is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 September 1978. Lime kiln. 1 related planning application.
Entrance arch to the Lefel Fawr
- WRENN ID
- standing-casement-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ceredigion
- Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 12 September 1978
- Type
- Lime kiln
- Address
- Entrance arch to the Lefel Fawr, Pontrhydygroes, Ystrad Meurig, Ysbyty Ystwyth, SY25 6DF
- OS grid reference
- SN 739 722
- Coordinates
- 52.33336, -3.85172
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The entrance arch to the Lefel Fawr dates from 1785. It features rubble stone jambs and an ashlar segmental arch, which is decorated with finely cut radiating blocks and a large keystone. The keystone is inscribed with the words: 'This level was commenced AD. 1785' alongside crossed pick-axes. The arch serves as the base of a high rubble retaining wall that supports the road above.
Local climate
Entrance arch to the Lefel Fawr sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 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 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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