Capel Lligwy is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Anglesey local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 September 1952. Church.

Capel Lligwy

WRENN ID
stubborn-storey-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Constituency
Ynys Môn MP: Llinos Medi (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
2 September 1952
Type
Church
Address
Capel Lligwy, Moelfre
OS grid reference
SH 499 863
Coordinates
53.35245, -4.25647
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Capel Lligwy is a church with a chancel and nave that are structurally undivided, featuring a west gable bellcote and a south chapel that projects as a gabled wing to the east. The walls are made of rubble masonry, which changes in character at about 1.5 meters high, indicating 14th-century work. The south doorway dates from the 12th century, with square jambs and a plain round arch that has a rough chamfered impost. The east wall shows evidence of a blocked opening approximately 2 meters wide, while the north wall has no openings. The south wall contains the remains of a window reveal, likely from the 14th century. The west gable features 14th-century gable copings and a single bellcote with a pointed opening. The south chapel has blocked windows, and the south window retains the remains of a 4-centred arch, with the east and west windows only visible from the interior.

Beneath the south chapel is a vault measuring about 2.5 square meters, accessed by a flight of stone steps and covered with flat stone slabs supported by continuous corbelling. The east and west windows are only visible from inside the chapel, and the east and west walls also contain small recesses.

Local climate

Capel Lligwy sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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