Bont-ar-Towy (partly in Llansadwrn community) is a Grade II* listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 July 1999. Bridge.
Bont-ar-Towy (partly in Llansadwrn community)
- WRENN ID
- roaming-window-martin
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1999
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Bont-ar-Towy (partly in Llansadwrn community), Llangadog
- OS grid reference
- SN 695 286
- Coordinates
- 51.94074, -3.89947
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Bont-ar-Towy is a Grade II* listed bridge, constructed from coursed rubble stone and featuring five arches in total. The main section of the bridge consists of three broad segmental arches, which are adorned with flush cut stone voussoirs and small coursed stones in the spandrels. There is a band located beneath the parapet. The bridge has raised piers above four triangular cutwaters on each side, topped with stepped triangular features. The outer cutwaters are more decorative, featuring taller half-pyramid tops capped with finials shaped like half spheres divided by a horizontal square slab. While the parapets appear to have been rebuilt, one of them includes a datestone from 1819. The ends of the bridge are finished with rock-faced stone copings and raised ridged blocks at each end.
At the eastern end, there is a simpler two-arch bridge that spans a flood plain, with lower arches and triangular cutwaters supporting the central pier. This section also features small stones in the spandrels but lacks the band under the parapets. The large raised piers at the eastern end are notable, and the parapets at both ends of the bridge extend outward in a splayed manner.
Local climate
Bont-ar-Towy (partly in Llansadwrn community) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,450 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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