Chest Tomb in churchyard of the Church of St Beuno is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 March 1999. Tomb.
Chest Tomb in churchyard of the Church of St Beuno
- WRENN ID
- drifting-jamb-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1999
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Chest Tomb in churchyard of the Church of St Beuno, Penmorfa, Dolbenmaen
- OS grid reference
- SH 541 402
- Coordinates
- 52.94012, -4.17187
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This large chest tomb is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Beuno. It is constructed from rubble stonework and has a rough render finish. The tomb is topped with an edge-moulded ledger made up of three slabs of standard proportions. At the northeast corner, there is a sandstone panel that reads: HER LYETH... / THE:REC.../ WILL..... MAU... CLENE.../ DIED THE ...ANO DOmin 1622.
Local climate
Chest Tomb in churchyard of the Church of St Beuno sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,550 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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