Footbridge over Stream at West Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Illtud is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 September 1982. Footbridge.

Footbridge over Stream at West Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Illtud

WRENN ID
secret-string-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
10 September 1982
Type
Footbridge
Address
Footbridge over Stream at West Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Illtud, Llantwit Major, Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen
OS grid reference
SS 965 687
Coordinates
51.40789, -3.48831
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The footbridge over the stream at the west entrance to the churchyard of the Church of St Illtud is a segmentally arched structure made of stone. It features stone abutments on the east side and has a flat modern concrete deck. The bridge is adorned with a 19th-century iron rail balustrade, which ends in square uprights topped with pyramidal finials.

Local climate

Footbridge over Stream at West Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Illtud sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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