Packhorse Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 November 1998. Bridge.

Packhorse Bridge

WRENN ID
rough-jade-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 November 1998
Type
Bridge
Address
Packhorse Bridge, Llangenny, the Vale of Grwyney, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 238 189
Coordinates
51.86402, -3.108
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Packhorse Bridge is a single-span hump-backed bridge made of rubble sandstone. It features a segmental arch with thin voussoirs that springs from abutments that are splayed outwards. The bridge has a plain low parapet topped with modern cement coping.

Local climate

Packhorse Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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