Chest Tomb of Captain Wynn is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 November 1999. Tomb.

Chest Tomb of Captain Wynn

WRENN ID
winter-steel-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Denbighshire
Constituency
Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 November 1999
Type
Tomb
Address
Chest Tomb of Captain Wynn, Llanrhaeadr, Llanrhaeadr-Yng-Nghinmeirch
OS grid reference
SJ 081 633
Coordinates
53.15963, -3.37461
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Chest Tomb of Captain Wynn is a Grade II listed inscribed sandstone tomb-slab with a moulded edge. It is supported at the ends and in the centre of each side, although the main side panels have been removed. The ends feature relief-carved, winged angel heads and strapwork motifs on the east and west sides, with applied fluted columns at the corners. The central supports along the long sides also have a similar columnar design.

The tombstone bears the inscription: "Here lyeth ye body of cap Edward Wynne, son of Edward Wynne. He dyd in the defense of Denbigh Castle when besieged by Oliver Cromwell's army. Aslo the body of Owen Wynne of Kilken Esq., ye son of Edward Wynne married the Lady Mostyn relict of Sir Thomas Mostyn Bart. dyd [indistinct]."

Local climate

Chest Tomb of Captain Wynn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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