Hughes Monument in churchyard of church of St Cynidr and St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 December 1995. House. 3 related planning applications.
Hughes Monument in churchyard of church of St Cynidr and St Peter
- WRENN ID
- brooding-brass-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1995
- Type
- House
- Address
- Hughes Monument in churchyard of church of St Cynidr and St Peter, Treble Hill, Gwernyfed, HR3 5NT
- OS grid reference
- SO 177 385
- Coordinates
- 52.0394, -3.2007
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is an early 19th-century limestone family tomb, designed by the sculptor T. Ravenhill, located in the churchyard of St Cynidr and St Peter’s Church. It is a cuboid structure featuring a fluted frieze and cornice. Each of the four faces has a low relief keyed arch framed by corner pilasters, which enclose a higher relief depiction of a draped vase. The design sits upon a moulded die. Each face also displays an oval plaque inscribed with details relating to family members: John Hughes, a clergyman and magistrate, and parent; Isabel Hughes, 1845; Thomas Hughes of Penwain, 1835; Thomas Howel, 1814; and Elizabeth Games, 1812, aged 39.
Local climate
Hughes Monument in churchyard of church of St Cynidr and St Peter sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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