Roberts Monument at Eglwys Mynydd Seion is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 August 1997. Watch house.

Roberts Monument at Eglwys Mynydd Seion

WRENN ID
rough-keystone-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Conwy
Constituency
Clwyd North MP: Gill German (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
5 August 1997
Type
Watch house
Address
Roberts Monument at Eglwys Mynydd Seion, Abergele
OS grid reference
SH 945 773
Coordinates
53.28277, -3.58351
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Roberts Monument at Eglwys Mynydd Seion is a Grade II listed structure made of grey mica-rich granite with pink marble dressings, set on a two-stage limestone plinth. The monument features a cubic central section with pink granite columns at each corner, which support a moulded entablature. The frieze is decorated with a Greek key pattern and has a segmental cornice on each face. Each side of the monument has a raised round-headed pink granite tablet with inlaid lead lettering commemorating John Roberts, 1835-1894, and other members of the Roberts family. The plinth has lobes at each corner, topped with pink granite vases. Above the cornice, there is a tall draped urn elevated on four steps. The entire monument is enclosed by a generous limestone kerb, which also features lobed corners.

Local climate

Roberts Monument at Eglwys Mynydd Seion sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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