Enclosure walls, steps and memorial plaque to Quaker Burial Ground at Werndriw is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 September 1997. Graveyard.
Enclosure walls, steps and memorial plaque to Quaker Burial Ground at Werndriw
- WRENN ID
- small-loggia-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ceredigion
- Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 September 1997
- Type
- Graveyard
- Address
- Enclosure walls, steps and memorial plaque to Quaker Burial Ground at Werndriw, Llanfair Road, Llanddewi Brefi
- OS grid reference
- SN 656 547
- Coordinates
- 52.17447, -3.96579
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Quaker Burial Ground at Werndriw is a small graveyard enclosed by rubble stone walls, which are approximately 2 meters high at the upper end and 1.5 meters high at the lower end. The eastern side features three stone slab steps leading both up and down within the enclosure. On the eastern wall, there is a memorial consisting of a slate plaque set in a stone surround with a simple pediment. The inscription on the plaque reads: "In this sequestered spot repose the mortal remains of John Jenkins, of Werndriw, and of Anne, his wife. She died September 1771 and he February 1790. Here also lie buried their five children Thomas Henry, William, John, Anne Elizabeth and Maria Letitia. David Joel Jenkins of Lampeter, the sole surviving child of the said John and Anne Jenkins placed this tablet in affectionate remembrance of father, mother, brothers, sisters."
Local climate
Enclosure walls, steps and memorial plaque to Quaker Burial Ground at Werndriw sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% 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 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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