Area Wall and Railings at Closygraig Chapel, including Memorial. is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 August 2001. Enclosure wall and railings.
Area Wall and Railings at Closygraig Chapel, including Memorial.
- WRENN ID
- south-finial-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 15 August 2001
- Type
- Enclosure wall and railings
- Address
- Area Wall and Railings at Closygraig Chapel, including Memorial., Drefach Felindre, Llandysul, Llangeler
- OS grid reference
- SN 362 378
- Coordinates
- 52.0149, -4.38708
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The area wall and railings at Closygraig Chapel, including a memorial, were constructed in 1887 by T. Jones and Son from Priory Foundry in Carmarthen. The long terrace wall is made of rubble stone and features decorative cast iron spearhead railings. The wall has rounded cement coping, and the rail sections are divided by taller cast rods with rounded heads above projecting bands. The ironwork displays an interlaced design. This enclosure wall runs roughly north to south in front of the chapel facade. The southern end has a right angle turn to the east, accompanied by a flight of stone steps. There is a small opening at the eastern extremity, next to Chapel House. The northern end of the wall is slightly canted before it turns sharply east.
Paired gates made of painted cast iron, matching the spearheads of the railings, are flanked by massive squared pillars with lozenge-shaped coping that support a large overthrow. Above the center of the gates is a four-sided lantern with a steeply pitched head, terminating in a small ball finial, all crafted in painted cast iron. The wall and railings continue in regular steps, following the sloping ground alongside the chapel to the east.
In front of the chapel entrance stands a four-sided marble memorial set within a dwarf rendered wall that has a coped top and is surrounded by cast iron spearheaded railings. The railings feature Celtic cross and arch motifs, with taller posts at the corners and center points of each side. The monument itself has a large square base with plain sides and an inscription facing west, beneath a projecting band that bears blank shield motifs under arched heads. Above this band, the monument has four tapering sides capped by another projecting band, with an urn on top. The west face is inscribed: "IN MEMORY OF THE REV. J. HARRIS JONES M.A., Ph. D. LATE CLASSICAL TUTOR AT TREVECCA COLLEGE WHO DIED 21ST JULY 1885 AGED 58 YEARS". The design and inscription of the monument were executed by J. Phillips of Talgarth.
Local climate
Area Wall and Railings at Closygraig Chapel, including Memorial. sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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