Wynnstay Column is a Grade II* listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 February 1995. Dwelling.
Wynnstay Column
- WRENN ID
- dim-finial-sable
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wrexham
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1995
- Type
- Dwelling
- Address
- Wynnstay Column, Ruabon
- OS grid reference
- SJ 305 430
- Coordinates
- 52.98043, -3.03556
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Wynnstay Column is a colossal stone fluted Doric column, built in the 18th century, topped with a large bronze urn decorated with goat heads. It stands on a square stone base that features a single doorway with a moulded stone architrave and a late 20th-century steel door. On the northeast side of the base, there is a rectangular shallow recess that originally held an inscribed plaque reading "FILIO OPTIMO MATER - EHEU - SUPERSTES," which translates to "To the best of sons, his mother who - alas - survives him dedicates this." The column rises over 35 meters high and contains a spiral staircase leading to a railed walkway at the top.
Local climate
Wynnstay Column receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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