W.R. H. Powell memorial in churchyard and iron railings is a Grade II* listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 6 August 2001. Monument.
W.R. H. Powell memorial in churchyard and iron railings
- WRENN ID
- tenth-pillar-raven
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 6 August 2001
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- W.R. H. Powell memorial in churchyard and iron railings, Llanboidy, Whitland
- OS grid reference
- SN 216 232
- Coordinates
- 51.87914, -4.59234
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The W.R.H. Powell memorial is a significant structure located in a churchyard, featuring a near life-size sculpture of a lightly draped white marble female figure expressing grief. The figure leans against a tall vertical marble slab, which has a raised cross in shallow relief. The base beneath the figure is also made of marble, flat under the figure and sloping gently forward, with inset lead letters that read: "Walter Rice Howell Powell MP born April 4th 1819 and died June 25th 1889. To his Beloved Memory." This memorial is enclosed within a square area defined by spearhead iron railings, which are supported by urn-capped stanchions set on low stone coping.
Local climate
W.R. H. Powell memorial in churchyard and iron railings sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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