S.M. Hughes Monument and railed enclosure in Llanwnnen Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 December 1996. Monument.
S.M. Hughes Monument and railed enclosure in Llanwnnen Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- sheer-step-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ceredigion
- Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1996
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- S.M. Hughes Monument and railed enclosure in Llanwnnen Churchyard, Lampeter
- OS grid reference
- SN 533 472
- Coordinates
- 52.10437, -4.14336
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The S.M. Hughes Monument and its railed enclosure are located in Llanwnnen Churchyard. The enclosure is L-shaped and features spearhead iron railings with scroll designs below the top bar and urn-shaped stanchions. On the southern side, to the right, there is a gate topped with a scrolled arched overthrow, although some decorative details are missing. Inside the enclosure, there are three monuments, but only one is of architectural interest. This notable monument is dedicated to Sarah Maria Hughes of Castell-du, who died in 1840. It consists of a large sandstone square sarcophagus with slate inset plaques. Above the sarcophagus is a cornice, followed by a large pyramidal base that supports a big sandstone urn. The other two monuments commemorate Sarah Hughes, who died in 1865, and William Jones of Llwynygroes, who died in 1887.
Local climate
S.M. Hughes Monument and railed enclosure in Llanwnnen Churchyard sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1995
- No related consent applications matched
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