Bridge at Adam's Pond in woods S of Talygarn is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 January 1980. Bridge.

Bridge at Adam's Pond in woods S of Talygarn

WRENN ID
empty-rafter-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Constituency
Cardiff West MP: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 January 1980
Type
Bridge
Address
Bridge at Adam's Pond in woods S of Talygarn, Pont-Y-Clun, Rhondda Cynon Taff
OS grid reference
ST 031 798
Coordinates
51.50941, -3.39666
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The bridge at Adam's Pond, located in the woods south of Talygarn, is a 19th-century single-arched structure made of rubble stone. It spans a watercourse on the north side of an ornamental pool, with the ground rising steeply on the northern side. The round arch features a stressed keystone. On the west side, there are stone steps leading to a basin in front of the arch, while the east side has a wall that curves around the edge of the pond. Although the parapet is mostly missing, it originally ended in rendered square piers, with part of the openwork parapet still visible on the west side. The arch is flanked by tall inscription tablets that display engravings of romantic poems. The left tablet is dedicated as an 'Address to the Nymph of the Rock', and a third inscription tablet on the east side is dated 1897.

Local climate

Bridge at Adam's Pond in woods S of Talygarn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% 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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