Canal Bridge No 162 Brecon & Abergavenny Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 July 2005. Canal bridge.

Canal Bridge No 162 Brecon & Abergavenny Canal

WRENN ID
winding-cloister-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
28 July 2005
Type
Canal bridge
Address
Canal Bridge No 162 Brecon & Abergavenny Canal, Cefn Brynich, Llanfrynach, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 079 271
Coordinates
51.93522, -3.34046
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Canal Bridge No 162 on the Brecon & Abergavenny Canal is a canal bridge made of squared rubble stone. It features a broad elliptical arch constructed with stone voussoirs. The bridge has a humped parapet that originally had stone copings, although most of these have now been replaced with black brick.

Local climate

Canal Bridge No 162 Brecon & Abergavenny Canal sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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