Hearse house at St Wddyn's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 February 2003. Hearse house. 1 related planning application.

Hearse house at St Wddyn's Churchyard

WRENN ID
mired-postern-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
26 February 2003
Type
Hearse house
Address
Hearse house at St Wddyn's Churchyard, Cynon-Isaf, Llanwddyn
OS grid reference
SJ 023 192
Coordinates
52.76202, -3.44847
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The hearse house at St Wddyn's Churchyard is a building measuring approximately 8 meters by 6 meters, constructed from local slate masonry. The east side of the structure is built against the graveyard wall. It features a slate roof with a tile ridge and coped gables. The south-facing front gable wall has double boarded doors, which are fitted with wrought-iron hinges and a timber lintel. There is also a boarded door on the west side, which faces the graveyard, and this door has a slate lintel. At the front, there is a cross-finial, and a high window is located at the rear of the building.

Local climate

Hearse house at St Wddyn's Churchyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% 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 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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