Pair of chest tombs at Siloh Presbyterian Church is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 March 1999. Chest tombs. 1 related planning application.
Pair of chest tombs at Siloh Presbyterian Church
- WRENN ID
- kindled-eave-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Caerphilly MP: Chris Evans (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1999
- Type
- Chest tombs
- Address
- Pair of chest tombs at Siloh Presbyterian Church, Gelli-Groes, Pontllanfraith, NP12 2GZ
- OS grid reference
- ST 176 947
- Coordinates
- 51.64552, -3.19178
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
There are two similar chest tombs located near Siloh Presbyterian Church. Each tomb is made of ashlar stone and features a narrow plinth, a slightly moulded slab, and end piers with Gothic arches. The central panel of each tomb contains an inscription within an oval shape. The tomb that is further away from the church has lost part of its inscription. The side inscriptions are in English, while the end epitaphs are in Welsh.
Local climate
Pair of chest tombs at Siloh Presbyterian Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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