Tomb of Moses Griffith is a Grade II listed building in the Flintshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 May 2001. Tomb.
Tomb of Moses Griffith
- WRENN ID
- fallen-loggia-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Flintshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 25 May 2001
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Moses Griffith, Whitford, Holywell
- OS grid reference
- SJ 145 782
- Coordinates
- 53.29407, -3.28272
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Tomb of Moses Griffith is a stone chest tomb featuring raised angles and a moulded slab that bears an inscription, although it is now nearly illegible. Behind the tomb, set into the rubble stone boundary wall, is a stone tablet that marks the tomb. This tablet records the place and date of Moses Griffith's birth, his patron Thomas Pennant, and the date of his death.
Local climate
Tomb of Moses Griffith receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 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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