Tea Caddy Tomb with railings in Churchyard of Church of St. Illtyd is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 July 2001. Tomb.
Tea Caddy Tomb with railings in Churchyard of Church of St. Illtyd
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-rafter-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 18 July 2001
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tea Caddy Tomb with railings in Churchyard of Church of St. Illtyd, Mamhilad, Pontypool, Goetre Fawr
- OS grid reference
- SO 305 034
- Coordinates
- 51.72507, -3.00687
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a dressed and carved stone tomb located in the churchyard of the Church of St. Illtyd, featuring wrought and cast iron railings. The tomb is designed in the shape of a Georgian tea-caddy, consisting of a square stone chest with a square base and shaft, a cornice mould, and a stepped lid topped with a knop finial. The railings surrounding the tomb are nearly complete, featuring spear tops with cast heads, with larger corner stanchions. However, a few of the finials are missing.
Local climate
Tea Caddy Tomb with railings in Churchyard of Church of St. Illtyd 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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