Railway bridge near Crythan Farm (partly in Briton Ferry and Neath communities) is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 May 1996. Bridge.
Railway bridge near Crythan Farm (partly in Briton Ferry and Neath communities)
- WRENN ID
- sharp-granite-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Constituency
- Neath and Swansea East MP: Carolyn Harris (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 9 May 1996
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Railway bridge near Crythan Farm (partly in Briton Ferry and Neath communities), Cimla
- OS grid reference
- SS 766 951
- Coordinates
- 51.64124, -3.7835
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a long, single-arched railway bridge located near Crythan Farm, partly in the Briton Ferry and Neath communities. The bridge is constructed from narrowly-coursed sandstone, featuring a stone arch that springs directly from the rock faces on either side. It is distinctive for its steep pitch from end to end and from side to side, with the arch beginning at a much higher position on the south side than on the north. The stone coursing runs parallel with the deck for most of its length but is steepened at the south end to balance the uneven loading on the arch. At deck level, there is a broad string course, and the bridge has curving stone parapets that have been recently rebuilt, now featuring round copings instead of the previous flat stone copings.
Local climate
Railway bridge near Crythan Farm (partly in Briton Ferry and Neath communities) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% 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 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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