Canal bridge at Drapers Lock on Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 September 2003. Bridge.

Canal bridge at Drapers Lock on Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal

WRENN ID
twelfth-screen-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torfaen
Constituency
Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 September 2003
Type
Bridge
Address
Canal bridge at Drapers Lock on Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, Cwmbran, Llantarnam
OS grid reference
ST 294 923
Coordinates
51.62524, -3.02064
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The canal bridge at Drapers Lock on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal is a slightly hump-backed structure integrated into the canal lock to the north. It is built from rubblestone and features a single segmental arch made of dressed sandstone voussoirs. The bridge has horizontal parapets with flat coping, and the abutments flare outwards on each side to form square piers.

Local climate

Canal bridge at Drapers Lock on Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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