Crickhowell Bridge (partly in Crickhowell community) is a Grade I listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 October 1998. Bridge.

Crickhowell Bridge (partly in Crickhowell community)

WRENN ID
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Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
21 October 1998
Type
Bridge
Address
Crickhowell Bridge (partly in Crickhowell community), Legar, Llangattock, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 214 181
Coordinates
51.85637, -3.14233
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Crickhowell Bridge is a Grade I listed single carriageway bridge that features partly coursed rubble masonry and gently ramps towards the center. It has thirteen arches on the southeast downstream side and twelve arches on the northwest upstream side, with low segmental arches of varying widths. The bridge includes V-shaped cutwaters and refuges that are integrated into the parapets, which have flat coping stones.

The design of the two sides of the bridge differs due to widening work completed in 1810. The southeast downstream side dates back to 1706 and is made of narrow, roughly coursed stone without a string course. Its arches are recessed with narrow voussoirs, and some of the parapets and arch heads have been rebuilt using larger blocks. In contrast, the northwest upstream side features a string course, and its arches are not recessed. The northwest half of the abutments, cutwaters, and some of the arched heads have been almost entirely rebuilt using large blocks of red and blue stone.

At the northeast end, the bridge divides into two forks; the right fork, Bridge Street, is the original route, while New Street, added between 1828 and 1830, forms the left fork, which has one wide arch instead of two.

Local climate

Crickhowell Bridge (partly in Crickhowell community) 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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