Tramroad bridge over Skewen Cutting, Tennant Canal (partly in Coedffranc community) is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 March 2000. Bridge.
Tramroad bridge over Skewen Cutting, Tennant Canal (partly in Coedffranc community)
- WRENN ID
- tangled-banister-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Constituency
- Neath and Swansea East MP: Carolyn Harris (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 March 2000
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Tramroad bridge over Skewen Cutting, Tennant Canal (partly in Coedffranc community), Dyffryn Clydach
- OS grid reference
- SS 732 971
- Coordinates
- 51.65909, -3.83382
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The tramroad bridge over Skewen Cutting on the Tennant Canal is a notable structure made of high rubble stone and features a segmental arch with tooled voussoirs. The bridge's abutments and parapet curve outward at the ends, with the parapet having renewed concrete copings. Additionally, there is a battered revetment added to the southwest jamb of the arch. The flat deck, designed for a single track, is laid with concrete.
Local climate
Tramroad bridge over Skewen Cutting, Tennant Canal (partly in Coedffranc community) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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