Baptistery in Llandyfan churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 November 1998. Baptismal pool.
Baptistery in Llandyfan churchyard
- WRENN ID
- winding-pediment-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1998
- Type
- Baptismal pool
- Address
- Baptistery in Llandyfan churchyard, Ammanford, Cyngor Bro Dyffryn Cennen, Carmarthenshire
- OS grid reference
- SN 641 171
- Coordinates
- 51.83614, -3.97288
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The baptistery in the churchyard of Llandyfan is a rectangular baptismal pool that is approximately 2 meters deep. It is lined with red sandstone ashlar and has low walls that are capped with grey limestone. There is a flight of stone steps leading down on the right side of the east wall, and the pool features a shallow rectangular area with an inlet on the north side and an outlet on the west side.
Local climate
Baptistery in Llandyfan churchyard sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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