Morris Monument in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 February 1998. Monument.
Morris Monument in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene
- WRENN ID
- narrow-jade-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Conwy
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 17 February 1998
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Morris Monument in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Cerrigydrudion
- OS grid reference
- SH 953 487
- Coordinates
- 53.02583, -3.56224
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Morris Monument is a pair of identical obelisk monuments located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene. Each monument features a gritstone die with a moulded cap and base, topped by a short pyramidal obelisk that has a pointed top. One obelisk commemorates Robert Morris of Cefn Hir, Fynnydd Isaf, who died in 1838, and his wife Jane Morris, who also died in the same year. An additional inscription on the back notes that Robert Morris died in 1869 at the age of 79. The monuments are enclosed in iron railings adorned with halberd finials and fluted urn terminals on the stanchions.
Local climate
Morris Monument in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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