Monument to John Owen & William Llwyd at Capel y Berthen is a Grade II listed building in the Flintshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 2001. Monument.

Monument to John Owen & William Llwyd at Capel y Berthen

WRENN ID
ragged-keystone-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Flintshire
Constituency
Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
31 January 2001
Type
Monument
Address
Monument to John Owen & William Llwyd at Capel y Berthen, Lixwm, Ysceifiog
OS grid reference
SJ 167 714
Coordinates
53.23368, -3.24825
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The monument to John Owen and William Llwyd at Capel y Berthen is a polished granite monolith set on a stepped concrete plinth. The rectangular base of the monument tapers slightly and features chamfered angles. Above the base, the monolith takes on a triangular shape and is adorned with scallop shells at the base and a moulded cap at the top. The front faces of the monument display inscriptions dedicated to John Owen and William Llwyd, while the base includes inscriptions honoring members of Owen's family.

Local climate

Monument to John Owen & William Llwyd at Capel y Berthen receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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