Rising Sun Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 July 1997. Bridge.
Rising Sun Bridge
- WRENN ID
- ruined-hall-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torfaen
- Constituency
- Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1997
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Rising Sun Bridge, Abersychan, Pontypool
- OS grid reference
- SO 270 042
- Coordinates
- 51.73182, -3.05734
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Rising Sun Bridge is a single arch bridge that spans the Afon Lwyd. It is constructed from roughly coursed and squared limestone rubble, featuring squared and dressed voussoirs, a keystone, and stones set vertically with rounded tops along the parapet. Both sides of the bridge are identical in design.
Local climate
Rising Sun Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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