Translator's Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 November 1987. Memorial.
Translator's Memorial
- WRENN ID
- endless-stair-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Denbighshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd North MP: Gill German (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1987
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Translator's Memorial, St. Asaph
- OS grid reference
- SJ 038 743
- Coordinates
- 53.2574, -3.44243
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Translator's Memorial is an octagonal tower built in the perpendicular Gothic style, dating from the 19th century. It stands on a stepped plinth and is loosely inspired by the Eleanor Crosses, constructed from Hollington and Ancaster stone. At the top, there is a crucifix finial over a lantern cupola, featuring ogee-headed iron grilled openings and symbols from the New Testament. Narrow flying buttresses with finials extend below the top stage and support statues of Bishop Morgan, contemporary bishops, and other advisors involved in the translation, all housed within ogee-headed niches. Below these statues are plain inscribed green marble tablets and Bishop Morgan's seal. An embossed inscription at the base states, "This Tercentenary Memorial of the Bible into Welsh by Bishop Morgan ad 1588 was erected by national subscription."
Local climate
Translator's Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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