Sandbach Mausoleum in churchyard of Church of St Digain is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 March 1999. Mausoleum.
Sandbach Mausoleum in churchyard of Church of St Digain
- WRENN ID
- vacant-latch-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Conwy
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 17 March 1999
- Type
- Mausoleum
- Address
- Sandbach Mausoleum in churchyard of Church of St Digain, Llangernyw, Abergele
- OS grid reference
- SH 876 674
- Coordinates
- 53.19225, -3.68369
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Sandbach Mausoleum, located in the churchyard of the Church of St Digain, is a single-storey structure built in a simple Gothic Revival style. It features a single cell and a gabled roof, constructed from snecked grey shale rubble with sandstone ashlar quoins, a chamfered plinth, and dressings. The roof is made of Welsh slate with a clayware ridge.
At the west end, there is a doorway with chamfered sandstone jambs and a Tudor arch, leading to an oak boarded door that is fitted with ornamented iron strap hinges. The gable parapets are adorned with sandstone kneelers, copings, and apex crosses. Above the doorway, a square inset sandstone plaque displays a carved inscription: 'HAFODUNOS / 1902 / R F SANDBACH / S SANDBACH / 1928', set within a shallow incised quatrefoil surrounded by sunk foliage ornaments at the corners.
The east end features a round-headed single light window with chamfered dressings. Both gables include pierced quatrefoil sandstone panels positioned below the apex stones. The interior was not accessible for inspection at the time of the visit.
Local climate
Sandbach Mausoleum in churchyard of Church of St Digain sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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