Tomb of Martyn Roberts 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. Tomb.
Tomb of Martyn Roberts in churchyard of St Cenau, Llangenny
- WRENN ID
- young-outpost-thunder
- 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
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Martyn Roberts in churchyard of St Cenau, Llangenny, the Vale of Grwyney, Powys
- OS grid reference
- SO 240 181
- Coordinates
- 51.85684, -3.10459
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Tomb of Martyn Roberts is an obelisk-type memorial located in the churchyard of St Cenau in Llangenny. It is set within a square enclosure defined by a stone kerb. The memorial features a stepped stone plinth topped by a square base. The narrow obelisk tapers towards a pyramidal top and is placed on a stone cube and stepped plinth. Both the obelisk and the plinth are adorned with engraved texts from the New Testament, while the shaft displays scattered geometrical and floral patterns. Additional inscriptions commemorate Martyn Roberts and his son Martyn Yalden Roberts, who lived from 1846 to 1855.
Local climate
Tomb of Martyn Roberts 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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