Bridge over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal near Pound-wern Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Newport local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 September 1999. Bridge.

Bridge over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal near Pound-wern Cottage

WRENN ID
gaunt-paling-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newport
Constituency
Newport West and Islwyn MP: Ruth Jones (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 September 1999
Type
Bridge
Address
Bridge over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal near Pound-wern Cottage, Allt-Yr-Yn
OS grid reference
ST 287 884
Coordinates
51.59044, -3.02959
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a late 18th century single arched bridge over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, constructed from rubble. It features a semi-elliptical arch made of stone voussoirs. The parapet walls have stone copings and are splayed out to square piers. There are stepped revetment walls on each side of the bridge to the west. A path runs underneath the bridge on the west side.

Local climate

Bridge over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal near Pound-wern Cottage 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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