Weale Memorial in churchyard of Church of St Maritius is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 August 2001. Memorial.
Weale Memorial in churchyard of Church of St Maritius
- WRENN ID
- outer-thatch-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 3 August 2001
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Weale Memorial in churchyard of Church of St Maritius, Alltmawr, Builth Wells, Erwood
- OS grid reference
- SO 073 468
- Coordinates
- 52.11237, -3.35483
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Weale Memorial is a pedestal memorial located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mauritius. It is made of sandstone ashlar and features a plinth, framed plaques on each side, a moulded cornice, and a capstone that supports a squat gadrooned urn. Surrounding the memorial is a square railed enclosure with low ashlar coping and tall spearhead rails, which include dog-bars made of cast iron. The plaques have quadrant rebates at the corners. The inscription on the south side commemorates Ann Weale, who died in 1865, of Court Gwenddwr, while the inscription on the west side is for Christopher Weale, who died in 1867.
Local climate
Weale Memorial in churchyard of Church of St Maritius sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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