Monument to Mollie Davies at Christ Church is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 January 1998. House.

Monument to Mollie Davies at Christ Church

WRENN ID
former-eave-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
9 January 1998
Type
House
Address
Monument to Mollie Davies at Christ Church, Garnant, Ammanford, Cwmamman
OS grid reference
SN 688 134
Coordinates
51.80439, -3.90322
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The monument to Mollie Davies at Christ Church is a delicately sculptured limestone structure, approximately 6 feet tall. It depicts Mollie Davies in full Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) uniform, complete with inset brass buttons. Her head is slumped back, with her hair falling loosely, as she appears to be dying in the lap of an angel. The monument features a broad plinth with small blocks topped with pyramids at the corners, and a pedestal. The sculptured base resembles a rocky outcrop. Positioned between Mollie's ATS hat on the left and her limp legs with tiny lace shoes on the right, there is a badly eroded inscription that reads: "To the ... memory of Mollie despatch rider attached 6th Welch Regt. beloved daughter of Handel and ..... Davies of Union/Upton House, Garnant. Died Feb 17th 1940 in her 19th year." At the center of the memorial, there is a small glazed porcelain oval, likely intended for a photograph, which has now faded.

Local climate

Monument to Mollie Davies at Christ Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,470 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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