Group of 4 Hopkin and Jenkins tombs within iron railings on the W side of the path to the S porch is a Grade II listed building in the Bridgend local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 September 1998. Tomb enclosure.

Group of 4 Hopkin and Jenkins tombs within iron railings on the W side of the path to the S porch

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bridgend
Constituency
Aberafan Maesteg MP: Stephen Kinnock (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
8 September 1998
Type
Tomb enclosure
Address
Group of 4 Hopkin and Jenkins tombs within iron railings on the W side of the path to the S porch, Llangynwyd, Llangynwyd Middle
OS grid reference
SS 857 888
Coordinates
51.58648, -3.65095
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This listing describes a group of four tombs designed by Hopkin and Jenkins, enclosed by late 18th to early 19th century cast iron railings on the west side of the path leading to the south porch. The railings feature fleur terminals, with ten balusters positioned between each round and collared stanchion, all topped with sharply pointed terminals.

Inside the enclosure, in the northeast corner, there is a narrow chest tomb made of ashlar, featuring an undercut chamfered ledger slab. This tomb is inscribed to David Hopkin, who died in 1762, his son David, who died in 1799, and John David, who was added in 1805.

In the southwest corner, there is a chest tomb with wide fluted corner pilasters and a moulded base, topped with a hipped capstone. The north side of this tomb is inscribed to Gwenllian Jenkins, who died in 1880, with additional inscriptions on top for her ancestors, including Jane Jenkins of Gelli, who died in 1785, William Treharne of Gelly, who died in 1839, and Elizabeth, daughter of Gwenllian, who died in 1872.

In the northwest corner, there is a shaped headstone for William Lewis of Gelly Mill, who died in 1847, and his wife. Finally, in the southeast corner, there is a red granite keeled hogback tomb for William Treharne Jenkins of Gelli, who died in 1909.

Local climate

Group of 4 Hopkin and Jenkins tombs within iron railings on the W side of the path to the S porch 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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