Railway Bridge beneath Pontypridd Railway Station is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 July 1990. House. 1 related planning application.

Railway Bridge beneath Pontypridd Railway Station

WRENN ID
lesser-merlon-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Constituency
Pontypridd MP: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
17 July 1990
Type
House
Address
Railway Bridge beneath Pontypridd Railway Station, Graig, Rhondda Cynon Taff, CF37 1LJ
OS grid reference
ST 071 897
Coordinates
51.59927, -3.34157
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a steel girder bridge located beneath Pontypridd Railway Station. It features distinctive parapets on both sides, which include fluted pilasters and blind elliptical arches adorned with ornamental aprons. In the center of the bridge, there is a foundry plate. The bridge is flanked by two tall and broad rock-faced stone end piers that have deep freestone cornices. Beneath the bridge, the side walls are made of white-glazed brick. A change in the cross members beneath the deck on the eastern side likely indicates the line of an earlier bridge.

Local climate

Railway Bridge beneath Pontypridd Railway Station sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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