Monument in churchyard of church of St Ellywe is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 August 1995. House.

Monument in churchyard of church of St Ellywe

WRENN ID
silent-obsidian-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 August 1995
Type
House
Address
Monument in churchyard of church of St Ellywe, Llanelieu, Talgarth, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 184 341
Coordinates
51.99989, -3.18883
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a monument located in the churchyard of the church of St Ellywe. It features a tapered sandstone square shaft that is set through a square slab and supported by a stone plinth. The shaft has the inscription "I W 1718" on the west face and is adorned with an iron band around the top. Additionally, there are four iron peg seatings on top, which were used for a now-missing metal finial.

Local climate

Monument in churchyard of church of St Ellywe sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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