Lake Vyrnwy Dam Memorials is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 February 2003. Monument.

Lake Vyrnwy Dam Memorials

WRENN ID
sombre-sandstone-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
26 February 2003
Type
Monument
Address
Lake Vyrnwy Dam Memorials, Llanwddyn
OS grid reference
SJ 019 193
Coordinates
52.7628, -3.454
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Lake Vyrnwy Dam Memorials consist of three bronze plaques, each of similar size. They are set into a slab of granite and framed in slate.

Local climate

Lake Vyrnwy Dam Memorials sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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  2. Lake Vyrnwy Dam Grade I 224 m
  3. Llanwddyn War Memorial Grade II 261 m
  4. Parish Church of St Wddyn Grade II* 294 m
  5. No. 3 Glanrafon, Llanwddyn Grade II 311 m
  6. No. 4 Glanrafon, Llanwddyn Grade II 315 m
  7. No. 5 Glanrafon, Llanwddyn Grade II 319 m
  8. No. 6 Glanrafon, Llanwddyn Grade II 323 m
  9. Water Gauge House on Weir below Lake Vyrnwy Dam Grade II 334 m
  10. Hearse house at St Wddyn's Churchyard Grade II 382 m