Canal Bridge over Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal E of Pen y van is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 October 1999. Bridge.
Canal Bridge over Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal E of Pen y van
- WRENN ID
- former-baluster-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn MP: Ruth Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1999
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Canal Bridge over Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal E of Pen y van, Pontymister, Rogerstone, Newport
- OS grid reference
- ST 258 898
- Coordinates
- 51.60233, -3.07176
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a hump-backed bridge made of rubble sandstone, located over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal east of Pen y van. It features a single elliptical arch constructed with dressed stone voussoirs, along with a low parapet that has flat coping. The abutments are splayed outwards and end in square piers. A former towpath ran under the bridge on the south side. The deck is made of tarmac, and there have been repairs in concrete to the coping and ends.
Local climate
Canal Bridge over Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal E of Pen y van sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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