Williams Memorial in SW corner of old Churchyard at Llanelly Church is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 July 2000. Memorial.
Williams Memorial in SW corner of old Churchyard at Llanelly Church
- WRENN ID
- woven-roof-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 27 July 2000
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Williams Memorial in SW corner of old Churchyard at Llanelly Church, Monmouthshire
- OS grid reference
- SO 232 148
- Coordinates
- 51.8266, -3.11535
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Williams Memorial is located in the southwest corner of the old churchyard at Llanelly Church. It features a large sandstone slab supported by four cast-iron legs. The legs are ribbed and taper from fluted feet to caps. The slab is facetted with a central ridge and has a carefully-lettered inscription and scriptural text dedicated to Thomas, son of Thomas and Mary Williams of Penygraig, Llanelly, who died on 1st March 1866 at the age of 29.
Local climate
Williams Memorial in SW corner of old Churchyard at Llanelly Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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