Two chest tombs 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. Tomb.
Two chest tombs in the churchyard, St James Church
- WRENN ID
- former-rafter-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bridgend
- Constituency
- Aberafan Maesteg MP: Stephen Kinnock (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1998
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Two chest tombs in the churchyard, St James Church, Pyle, Cynffig
- OS grid reference
- SS 825 826
- Coordinates
- 51.53032, -3.69462
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
There are two chest tombs located side by side in the churchyard of St James Church.
The first tomb is made of sandstone and features Gothic end pilaster blocks and moulded side panels with lobed corners. It is set on a chamfered base and has an edge-moulded ledger slab. This tomb commemorates Thomas Griffith, who died in 1840 at the age of 8 months, as well as his father Griffith David, who died in 1863, and his daughter Ann, who was added later.
The second tomb is also made of sandstone and includes reeded end pilaster blocks, with sides that have a raised panel. It has a moulded ledger slab and is dedicated to David Jones of Ballas, who died in 1830, along with others, including Thomas Jones, who died in 1832, and Ann Roberts, their daughter, who died in 1889 and was added to the back of the tomb.
Local climate
Two chest tombs 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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