Rees Williams monument in the churchyard, St James church. is a Grade II listed building in the Bridgend local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 January 1998. House.
Rees Williams monument in the churchyard, St James church.
- WRENN ID
- salt-frieze-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bridgend
- Constituency
- Aberafan Maesteg MP: Stephen Kinnock (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1998
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rees Williams monument in the churchyard, St James church., Pyle, Cynffig
- OS grid reference
- SS 825 826
- Coordinates
- 51.53044, -3.69434
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Rees Williams monument is located in the churchyard of St James Church. It is made of sandstone and takes the form of a chest tomb. The tomb features end pilaster blocks and side panels, with a raised central block and an edge-moulded ledger slab. It is raised on three steps and commemorates Rees Williams of Tylanyliast, who died in 1832, and his wife, Hopkin Williams, who died around 1840 at the age of 63. Additional names have been added, including Rees Williams of New Park, their son, who died in 1908, noted on the end panel.
Local climate
Rees Williams monument in the churchyard, St James church. 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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