Pont y Gwaith is a Grade II listed building in the Merthyr Tydfil local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 6 April 1988. Gate pillars. 1 related planning application.
Pont y Gwaith
- WRENN ID
- carved-terrace-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare MP: Gerald Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 6 April 1988
- Type
- Gate pillars
- Address
- Pont y Gwaith, Pontygwaith, Treharris
- OS grid reference
- ST 080 975
- Coordinates
- 51.66949, -3.33134
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Pont y Gwaith is a road bridge built from rubble stone, featuring a humped-back design with a single arch that is exceptionally steep. The arch has a wide span of 16.8 meters, a rise of 4.8 meters, and a width of 4.2 meters. It is constructed with thin, long cut stone voussoirs and has a rubble stone soffit. The spandrels are made of small stones, and the coursing sweeps up over the thin crown of the arch. The abutment piers are broader and square, with squared stone quoins and base courses. The parapets have been rebuilt using rock-faced stone and feature rock-faced stone rounded copings, which are splayed out at the ends.
Local climate
Pont y Gwaith sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 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 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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