Pair of Williams Chest Tombs 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. Dwelling.
Pair of Williams Chest Tombs in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene
- WRENN ID
- lunar-string-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Conwy
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 17 February 1998
- Type
- Dwelling
- Address
- Pair of Williams Chest Tombs in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Cerrigydrudion
- OS grid reference
- SH 953 487
- Coordinates
- 53.02559, -3.56241
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The pair of Williams chest tombs are located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene. They are made entirely of blue slate. The first tomb, viewed from the south, features sides that are fielded and panelled with inward radiused corners, set between twisted corner columns. The edge-moulded ledger is inscribed to Jane, the wife of Robert Williams from Cummein, who died in 1872 at the age of 38; additional family members were inscribed later. The second tomb is similar but slightly taller, with plain corner columns. It is inscribed at length to Hugh, the son of William Jones from Bant-y-Griafolen a Gladdwyd, who died in 1823, his wife Jane who died in 1832, and other family members added.
Local climate
Pair of Williams Chest Tombs 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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