Britannia Bridge Memorial, Churchyard of Church of St. Mary, Llanfairpwll is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Anglesey local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 April 1998. Monument.
Britannia Bridge Memorial, Churchyard of Church of St. Mary, Llanfairpwll
- WRENN ID
- proud-window-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Constituency
- Ynys Môn MP: Llinos Medi (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 20 April 1998
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Britannia Bridge Memorial, Churchyard of Church of St. Mary, Llanfairpwll, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll
- OS grid reference
- SH 537 711
- Coordinates
- 53.2175, -4.19214
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Britannia Bridge Memorial, located in the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary in Llanfairpwll, is a limestone columnar memorial tombstone dating from the 19th century. It features an obelisk atop an octagonal plinth. The lower stage of the plinth has recessed panels with slate inscription tablets set into the north, south, east, and west panels. Above this, there is a moulded cornice with a Lombard frieze. The upper stage consists of a smaller, shorter octagonal plinth with carved panels that display diagonal cross designs, which supports the obelisk.
Local climate
Britannia Bridge Memorial, Churchyard of Church of St. Mary, Llanfairpwll sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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