Bridge No. 72 is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 July 2001. Bridge.
Bridge No. 72
- WRENN ID
- rough-foundation-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 18 July 2001
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Bridge No. 72, Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, Pontypool, Goetre Fawr
- OS grid reference
- SO 315 051
- Coordinates
- 51.74046, -2.99202
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Bridge No. 72 is an access bridge that crosses the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal at a slight angle. It features a semi-elliptical arch made of voussoirs and is constructed from squared, faced, and coursed local sandstone. The bridge has a parapet with slab coping and curving abutments on one side. The bridge number is displayed on the south face of the arch, and a towpath runs beneath the arch on the east side.
Local climate
Bridge No. 72 receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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