Memorial to Joseph Benjamin Hemingway in St Mellons churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 March 1963. Memorial.
Memorial to Joseph Benjamin Hemingway in St Mellons churchyard
- WRENN ID
- blind-cobalt-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff North MP: Anna McMorrin (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1963
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Memorial to Joseph Benjamin Hemingway in St Mellons churchyard, Old St. Mellons
- OS grid reference
- ST 228 813
- Coordinates
- 51.52609, -3.1138
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The memorial to Joseph Benjamin Hemingway is located in the churchyard of St Mellons. It takes the form of a truncated fluted ashlar column set on an ashlar pedestal, which features a moulded cornice and plinth atop a square base. The east inscription panel reads: "In Memory of Joseph Benjamin Hemingway Contractor born in the parish of Dewsbury Yorkshire May 29th 1812 died at Quarry Hill House in this Parish August 10th 1856 RIP." The south face is inscribed: "Also William, the only son of Joseph Benjamin and Susannah Hemingway born June 21st 1838 Died April 18th 1859." The other two inscription panels are blank.
Local climate
Memorial to Joseph Benjamin Hemingway in St Mellons churchyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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