Pontaryscir is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 January 1963. Road bridge. 1 related planning application.
Pontaryscir
- WRENN ID
- third-pillar-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 17 January 1963
- Type
- Road bridge
- Address
- Pontaryscir, Aberyscir, Yscir, Powys, LD3 9NP
- OS grid reference
- SO 003 302
- Coordinates
- 51.96194, -3.45156
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a road bridge, likely dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of rubble stone and features two arches, with a full-height cutwater situated between them, repeated on each side. The arches are segmental and built with squared stone voussoirs. The bridge is finished with stone coping along the parapets.
Local climate
Pontaryscir sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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