Churchyard cross and Dickinson vault is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 February 2005. Cross, vault.

Churchyard cross and Dickinson vault

WRENN ID
muffled-porch-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
16 February 2005
Type
Cross, vault
Address
Churchyard cross and Dickinson vault, Llandefaelog Fach, Brecon, Honddu Isaf
OS grid reference
SO 033 323
Coordinates
51.98134, -3.40795
Source
Cadw listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The churchyard cross and Dickinson vault is made of Bath stone. It features an octagonal broached plinth on an octagonal base, with a tapering shaft that is square at the base and transitions to octagonal at the top. The top of the cross has four carved figures, each sheltered under a nodding ogee gabled canopy adorned with crockets on the gables and a cross finial at the top. The cross is situated on the flat top of the vault, which can be accessed through a low door on the south side. The vault has a concreted top with an outer coping and iron chain link railings supported by iron uprights. The corner and entry posts are topped with pineapple finials, while the intermediate posts feature spearheads.

Local climate

Churchyard cross and Dickinson vault sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Mausoleum to Watkins family of Penoyre Grade II 15 m
  2. Church of Saint Maelog Grade II* 20 m
  3. Lychgate to Church of Saint Maelog Grade II 39 m
  4. Bridge over Afon Honddu Grade II 88 m
  5. Llandefaelog House Grade II 101 m
  6. The Old Rectory Grade II 218 m
  7. Glan-Honddu Grade II* 544 m
  8. Lodge to Glan-Honddu Grade II 706 m
  9. Entrance gatepiers and walls to Glan-Honddu Grade II 713 m
  10. Church of Saint David Grade II* 1.6 km