Nicholas monument at New Bethel is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 March 1999. Monument.
Nicholas monument at New Bethel
- WRENN ID
- little-render-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Caerphilly MP: Chris Evans (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1999
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Nicholas monument at New Bethel, Mynyddiswlyn, Pontllanfraith
- OS grid reference
- ST 192 954
- Coordinates
- 51.65187, -3.16905
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Nicholas monument at New Bethel is a plain chest tomb made of ashlar stone. It features a narrow plinth and a slab with a raised center. Inscriptions are located within an oval shape, and there are plain moulded arches at the corners.
Local climate
Nicholas monument at New Bethel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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