Monument to Benjamin and Elizabeth Noyle, Pontycymmer Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Bridgend local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 July 1997. Villa. 1 related planning application.
Monument to Benjamin and Elizabeth Noyle, Pontycymmer Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-tin-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bridgend
- Constituency
- Rhondda and Ogmore MP: Chris Bryant (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1997
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- Monument to Benjamin and Elizabeth Noyle, Pontycymmer Cemetery, Pontycymer, Garw Valley
- OS grid reference
- SS 907 914
- Coordinates
- 51.61142, -3.57941
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The monument to Benjamin and Elizabeth Noyle is the most elaborate structure in Pontycymer Cemetery. It is made of ashlar and rock-faced sandstone, marble, and glazed tiles, and is set into the hillside at different levels. From the cemetery lane, rock-faced entrance piers with ashlar pyramidal caps and double iron gates lead to stone steps that rise to a vault featuring blue glazed tiles and a marble entrance slab. On this slab stands a stone and marble monument, which includes a decorative marble kerb surrounding a tall rectangular plinth with inscription panels on each face, two of which have metal lettering. The plinth is flanked by colonnettes with capitals beneath a moulded pediment adorned with a floral motif. Above this, a part fluted truncated marble column rises. The monument also commemorates Margaret Price, the sister of Benjamin and Elizabeth Noyle.
Local climate
Monument to Benjamin and Elizabeth Noyle, Pontycymmer Cemetery sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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