Jones Monument, close to the south gatesof the churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 11 March 1981. Monument.
Jones Monument, close to the south gatesof the churchyard
- WRENN ID
- veiled-lime-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1981
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SJ 219 116
- Coordinates
- 52.69665, -3.15656
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Jones Monument is a stone structure located near the south gates of the churchyard. It features an undersplayed table supported by scroll-shaped end slabs and a central baluster. The end slabs are inscribed with the phrases 'Memento Mori' and 'Ut Hora sic vita', although these inscriptions are now very weathered. The table has decorative edge fleurons and an incomplete inscription on top that reads, "Here lyeth ye body of Richard Jones of Moysgwin, gent, who was interred December ye 10th 1707 aged 90. Under this yew tree, Buried would hee be, For his father and hee, Planted this yew tree."
Local climate
Jones Monument, close to the south gatesof the churchyard receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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