Former Llanbradach Colliery brick reservoir is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 23 July 1999. Reservoir.

Former Llanbradach Colliery brick reservoir

WRENN ID
woven-cinder-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Caerphilly
Constituency
Caerphilly MP: Chris Evans (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
23 July 1999
Type
Reservoir
Address
Former Llanbradach Colliery brick reservoir, Llanbradach and Pwllypant
OS grid reference
ST 148 909
Coordinates
51.61084, -3.23149
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The former Llanbradach Colliery brick reservoir is a rectangular structure measuring approximately 30 meters by 18 meters and standing 6 meters high. It features stepped brickwork with rounded corners and is built into the hillside on the west side. The eastern wall has been partially breached, and several cast iron pipes extend from the walls.

Local climate

Former Llanbradach Colliery brick reservoir sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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