West wall to churchyard of Church of St Illtyd with stile, gatepiers and postbox is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 November 1980. A Post-Medieval Monument.
West wall to churchyard of Church of St Illtyd with stile, gatepiers and postbox
- WRENN ID
- tall-alcove-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1980
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Address
- West wall to churchyard of Church of St Illtyd with stile, gatepiers and postbox, Mamhilad, Pontypool, Goetre Fawr
- OS grid reference
- SO 305 034
- Coordinates
- 51.72511, -3.00747
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The west wall of the churchyard of the Church of St Illtyd dates from the 17th century and is constructed of random rubble stone, featuring squared dressed stone for the gatepiers. Notably, it incorporates the gravestone of Aaron Morris, who died in 1680. The wall and piers have a flat stone coping, and the square piers are topped with roughly rounded boulders. There are 20th-century double wrought iron gates. The wall measures approximately 30 meters in length and includes an iron Victorian letterbox built into the far end, away from the gate. The inscription on the grave slab facing the road reads: "HERE LIETH THE BODY OF ARON MORIS DECEASED THE 25 MAY 1680," with the Prince of Wales feathers inscribed below.
Local climate
West wall to churchyard of Church of St Illtyd with stile, gatepiers and postbox 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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