Jenkins Monument in the churchyard, Church of St Cynwyd is a Grade II listed building in the Bridgend local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 September 1998. Monument.
Jenkins Monument in the churchyard, Church of St Cynwyd
- WRENN ID
- solemn-newel-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bridgend
- Constituency
- Aberafan Maesteg MP: Stephen Kinnock (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 8 September 1998
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Jenkins Monument in the churchyard, Church of St Cynwyd, Llangynwyd, Llangynwyd Middle
- OS grid reference
- SS 857 888
- Coordinates
- 51.58644, -3.65086
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Jenkins Monument is an architectural memorial located in the churchyard of the Church of St Cynwyd. It is made entirely of grey granite and stands within a raised kerb. The base consists of three courses of channel rusticated stone that accommodate the sloping site. The monument features a double-stage chamfered plinth, with a base that has scotia moulding and is inscribed with the name "JENKINS" on the west side.
Above the plinth is a cylindrical central section, which is surrounded by four turned columns that support a cornice and pediment on each of its four faces. The tympana are decorated with leaf motifs and the monogram "SJ." At the top, a large fluted dome serves as a base for a garlanded urn finial that has a moulded lid. The cylindrical section bears gilded inscriptions on the west side, which read "Rees Treharne Jenkins, JP, of Ty'n-y-waun, died 1915," while the south side includes the name of his wife, Margaret. The ridged granite plinth encircles the tomb and features raised blocks at each corner and at the center of all sides.
Local climate
Jenkins Monument in the churchyard, Church of St Cynwyd 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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- Group of five tombs S of the tower of the Church of St Cynwyd
- Telephone call box in front of the Old House PH
- Two chest tombs on S side of the Church of St Cynwyd
- The Hopcyn Cross
- Church of St Cynwyd
- Churchyard walls around the graveyard, Church of St Cynwyd
- The Old House Inn PH
- Ty'n-y-waun farmhouse