Two chest tombs set against the E churchyard wall, Church of St James. is a Grade II listed building in the Bridgend local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 January 1998. Monument.
Two chest tombs set against the E churchyard wall, Church of St James.
- WRENN ID
- errant-loft-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bridgend
- Constituency
- Aberafan Maesteg MP: Stephen Kinnock (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1998
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Two chest tombs set against the E churchyard wall, Church of St James., Pyle, Cynffig
- OS grid reference
- SS 825 826
- Coordinates
- 51.53044, -3.69421
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
There are two chest tombs located side by side against the east wall of the churchyard at the Church of St James. Both tombs are made of sandstone.
The first tomb features a fielded slab on each side, flanked by panelled pilasters, and has a moulded ledger slab. It is inscribed to Catherine Ellen Morfa-bach, who died in 1868 at the age of 8, and also includes an inscription for Lewis Jones, who died in 1875.
The second chest tomb is similar in design but is styled in Gothic fashion. Its end pilasters are shaped with cusped panels and it commemorates Evan and Mary Jones, who died in 1833 at the age of 9 days, with an additional inscription for Mary Jones.
Local climate
Two chest tombs set against the E churchyard wall, Church of St James. sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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