Mausoleum to Watkins family of Penoyre is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 February 2005. Mausoleum.
Mausoleum to Watkins family of Penoyre
- WRENN ID
- eternal-solder-rook
- 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
- Mausoleum
- Address
- Mausoleum to Watkins family of Penoyre, Llandefaelog Fach, Brecon, Honddu Isaf
- OS grid reference
- SO 033 323
- Coordinates
- 51.98122, -3.40804
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The mausoleum for the Watkins family of Penoyre is a plain rectangular structure made of rubble stone, featuring long side walls that are windowless. The roof is not visible due to overgrowth. At the east end, there is a large ashlar lintel above an iron-barred opening, which is inscribed in memory of Julia Watkins, who died in 1818. The inscription reads, "Revere the holy ground on which you tread/ this vault that rises oer my Julia's head .... Th Watkins Pennoyre 1818." The west end has a boarded door with an ashlar lintel inscribed with the words "We died to live forever," along with a rectangular opening that has an iron grille over it. The mausoleum is enclosed by rubble walls, which include a low doorway on the west side. Inside, the structure features a brick vaulted ceiling and iron coffin shelves along the sides.
Local climate
Mausoleum to Watkins family of Penoyre 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.
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