Pair of Parry family tombs in churchyard of St Cenau, Llangenny is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 November 1998. Tombs.
Pair of Parry family tombs in churchyard of St Cenau, Llangenny
- WRENN ID
- riven-foundation-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1998
- Type
- Tombs
- Address
- Pair of Parry family tombs in churchyard of St Cenau, Llangenny, the Vale of Grwyney, Powys
- OS grid reference
- SO 240 181
- Coordinates
- 51.85658, -3.10464
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The pair of Parry family tombs are located in the churchyard of St Cenau in Llangenny. The southern tomb is a table tomb featuring fluted angle pilasters that flank engraved tablets, topped with a saddleback capstone. On the north side, there is a commemorative inscription for Walter Parry, who died in 1824. The south side has an additional inscription for Magdalen Parry, who died in 1844, while the west side includes an inscription for Walter Davies, who died in 1825.
The northern tomb is a stone tomb chest supported by squat splayed legs. Its sides are splayed outward, leading up to a saddleback capstone. The north side bears a commemorative inscription for John Lewis Parry, who died in 1856, and the shorter west side features an inscription for Walter Thomas Parry, who died in 1838.
Local climate
Pair of Parry family tombs in churchyard of St Cenau, Llangenny sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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