Railed Memorial to Protheroe family near W Gate 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.

Railed Memorial to Protheroe family near W Gate of old Churchyard at Llanelly Church

WRENN ID
lunar-lintel-sorrel
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
Railed Memorial to Protheroe family near W Gate of old Churchyard at Llanelly Church, Monmouthshire
OS grid reference
SO 232 148
Coordinates
51.82668, -3.11556
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Railed Memorial to the Protheroe family is located near the west gate of the old churchyard at Llanelly Church. This chest tomb features a large sandstone slab with a deep overhang, supported by six cast-iron colonettes that have square abaci. The slab is facetted to a central ridge and includes inscriptions on both the west and east sides.

On the west side, the memorial commemorates Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mary Ann Protheroe, who died on 30th October 1854 at the age of 1 year and 6 months, and James, who died on 22nd March 1863 at the age of 9 months. The east side bears the inscription for Alice Protheroe, who died on 18th September 1878 at the age of 16 months. The slab also lists Thomas Protheroe, who died on 18th September 1882, his wife Mary Ann who died in 1883, Magdalen, wife of Llewellyn Brown, who died on 30th November 1902, and their daughter Rosamond Ann, who died on 13th April 1885.

The railings surrounding the memorial feature spear-finials and central stanchions with spike-finials, while the ball-finials at the corners are mostly missing, with only one remaining.

Local climate

Railed Memorial to Protheroe family near W Gate 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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