Reverend David Rees memorial at Bethlehem Baptist chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 October 2002. Memorial.
Reverend David Rees memorial at Bethlehem Baptist chapel
- WRENN ID
- slow-mortar-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Constituency
- Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 2 October 2002
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Reverend David Rees memorial at Bethlehem Baptist chapel, Haverfordwest, Rudbaxton
- OS grid reference
- SM 989 210
- Coordinates
- 51.8521, -4.92107
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Reverend David Rees memorial is located at Bethlehem Baptist chapel and consists of a large slate plaque set within a carved sandstone surround. This entire structure is framed by two large squared stone piers. Each pier features a plinth with a slate course that extends across, along with shafts that have a bull-nosed slate string course at the top of the plaque, also extending across. The piers are topped with a moulded slate cornice, which serves as the base of a pediment, and a moulded top that steps up to a ball finial.
Between the piers, there is a plinth slate plaque with moulded slate sides, inscribed with the Welsh text: "Llafuriodd ynddiwyd yn ngwinllan ei Dduw;/ Gyfranodd yn helaeth o'i feddiant tra'n fyw;/ Gwr Doniol a Duwiol, rhagorol oedd EF:/ Mawr ydyw ei wynfyd, ynghanol y Nef., and: J. James Llanychare." The main plaque has sandstone jambs, featuring outer fluting and inner reeding, which is chamfered at the top. This plaque includes a lengthy inscription dedicated to Rev. David Rees of Froghole. The bull-nose top course is stepped back over the plaque.
Above the main plaque is a slate plaque framed in cut stone, designed with a pedimental shape that has an undulating curve rather than a triangular form. The surround is moulded and features incised six-pointed flowers in the spandrels. The plaque also has incised open books. The moulded top cornice of slate is set back from the outer piers, beneath a triangular pediment of sandstone that is inscribed with a crude winged angel-head. The rear of the memorial is made of cut stone with raised outer piers and three slate courses across.
Local climate
Reverend David Rees memorial at Bethlehem Baptist chapel 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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