Memorial to John and Mary Jenkins in Churchyard of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 September 2004. Memorial.
Memorial to John and Mary Jenkins in Churchyard of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- lesser-hearth-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Constituency
- Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 September 2004
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Memorial to John and Mary Jenkins in Churchyard of Church of St Mary, Penmark, Barry, Rhoose
- OS grid reference
- ST 058 688
- Coordinates
- 51.41059, -3.35486
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This memorial to John and Mary Jenkins is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary. It is made of Bath stone ashlar and is designed in the shape of a Roman altar, surrounded by a low, coped stone wall. The memorial features a square base with a moulded top that supports a square shaft. The shaft has inscribed faces and is topped with a cornice and an urn. The inscriptions commemorate John Jenkins, who died in 1860, and his wife Mary Jenkins, who died in March 1854.
Local climate
Memorial to John and Mary Jenkins in Churchyard of Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% 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 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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