Memorial to Richard Crawshay in churchyard of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 February 2001. Obelisk.
Memorial to Richard Crawshay in churchyard of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- old-gateway-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Constituency
- Pontypridd MP: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 February 2001
- Type
- Obelisk
- Address
- Memorial to Richard Crawshay in churchyard of Church of St Mary, Glyntaff, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff
- OS grid reference
- ST 085 894
- Coordinates
- 51.59644, -3.32224
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The memorial to Richard Crawshay is a tall freestone obelisk located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary. It stands on a square base with a wider plinth. The west side of the base features an inscription dedicated to Richard, who lived from 1847 to 1848, and was the son of Francis and Laura Crawshay.
Local climate
Memorial to Richard Crawshay in churchyard of Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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