Jones Chest Tomb in churchyard of Church of St Tysilio is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 April 1998. Tomb.
Jones Chest Tomb in churchyard of Church of St Tysilio
- WRENN ID
- spare-gable-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Denbighshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 22 April 1998
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Jones Chest Tomb in churchyard of Church of St Tysilio, Llantysilio, Llangollen
- OS grid reference
- SJ 194 435
- Coordinates
- 52.98344, -3.20178
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Jones Chest Tomb, located in the churchyard of the Church of St Tysilio, is a Grade II listed structure made of sandstone with marble side panels. It is set on a stone platform and features a moulded stone base. The marble sides extend beyond fluted end pilasters and are topped with a prominently gadrooned cornice, with a low moulded attic above. On the eastern end, there are bold relief carvings of putti holding trumpets, while the western end displays a mantled shield bearing arms. The tomb is inscribed on the front to Thomas Jones of the Hall, Llantysilio, who died on 6th May 1761, with an addition for his wife in 1787.
Local climate
Jones Chest Tomb in churchyard of Church of St Tysilio receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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