Graveslab and railings to William Parsons, churchyard of Church of Saint Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 13 March 2003. Grave monument.
Graveslab and railings to William Parsons, churchyard of Church of Saint Peter
- WRENN ID
- fallen-casement-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 13 March 2003
- Type
- Grave monument
- Address
- Graveslab and railings to William Parsons, churchyard of Church of Saint Peter, Pontardawe, Swansea
- OS grid reference
- SN 722 041
- Coordinates
- 51.72141, -3.85035
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The graveslab and railings are located in the churchyard of the Church of Saint Peter. The graveslab is inscribed on the edge with the name of William Parsons, who lived from 1795 to 1864, and on the top, it commemorates his grandchild, Ethel Marion Davies, who died in 1882. William Parsons's wife, Mary Elizabeth, who passed away in 1860, is also buried in this plot. The surrounding iron railings feature cast-iron finials and include eight stanchions with larger finials, all set on low ashlar coping.
Local climate
Graveslab and railings to William Parsons, churchyard of Church of Saint Peter sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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