Tomb of Margaret Davies in St. Cadoc's Churchyard. is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 May 1997. Tomb.
Tomb of Margaret Davies in St. Cadoc's Churchyard.
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torfaen
- Constituency
- Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1997
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Margaret Davies in St. Cadoc's Churchyard., Trevethin, Pontypool
- OS grid reference
- SO 284 020
- Coordinates
- 51.71222, -3.0375
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The tomb of Margaret Davies is located in St. Cadoc's Churchyard. It is a chest tomb made of limestone, dedicated to Margaret, the wife of William Davies, who died in 1814, as well as other members of the Davies family. The tomb features a chest that rests on a low moulded base and tapers upwards to an overhanging capstone. The inscriptions on the tomb are well lettered and are displayed on panels that project at a different plane from the main taper of the chest sides.
Local climate
Tomb of Margaret Davies in St. Cadoc's Churchyard. receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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