Statue of Sir Hugh Owen is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 August 1953. Statue.
Statue of Sir Hugh Owen
- WRENN ID
- woven-remnant-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 10 August 1953
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Sir Hugh Owen, Caernarfon
- OS grid reference
- SH 479 626
- Coordinates
- 53.1395, -4.275
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Statue of Sir Hugh Owen is a bronze statue situated on a square base and plinth made of dressed Anglesey stone. The north side of the base features an inscription that faces the square. On the west side, there is an added slate plaque that commemorates his contributions to education in Wales.
Local climate
Statue of Sir Hugh Owen sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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