Footbridge by Pen-y-Ffos is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 August 1981. Farm house.

Footbridge by Pen-y-Ffos

WRENN ID
forgotten-iron-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Constituency
Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
26 August 1981
Type
Farm house
Address
Footbridge by Pen-y-Ffos, St. David's and the Cathedral Close
OS grid reference
SM 751 254
Coordinates
51.88227, -5.26897
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This footbridge over the River Alun features a single arch made of rubble stone, with cut stone voussoirs and a flat parapet. On the north side, the bridge ramps steeply down and has a flight of six slate steps leading up. The south end of the bridge terminates at high piers made of rubble stone, which are topped with pyramidal caps. The footway has a cobbled surface.

Local climate

Footbridge by Pen-y-Ffos sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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  1. Pen-y-Ffos Grade II 21 m
  2. Retaining Wall on SE.Side of River Alun, from Ford to Bridge by Cloister Hall Grade II 21 m
  3. St David's Cathedral Hall (formerly Chapel of St Mary's College) & attached Cloister Ruins Grade I 29 m
  4. Retaining Wall on NE.Side of River Alun between Bridge by Pen-y-Ffos and Bridge behind Cloister Hall Grade II 46 m
  5. Cathedral of St Davids Grade I 51 m
  6. Garden Wall between Pen-y-Ffos and the Treasurer's House Grade II 53 m
  7. Undercrofts of former St Mary's College, beneath & to the rear of The Cloister Hall Grade I 55 m
  8. Wall of walled garden to S. of Cloister Hall Grade II 56 m
  9. Treasury Gateway (formerly listed separately) Grade II 60 m
  10. Enclosing Wall & Gateway on N.Side of rear yard of Cloister Hall Grade I 61 m