Howel Gwyn memorial in churchyard of Church of St Matthew is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 December 2003. Memorial.
Howel Gwyn memorial in churchyard of Church of St Matthew
- WRENN ID
- strange-chalk-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Constituency
- Neath and Swansea East MP: Carolyn Harris (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 22 December 2003
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Howel Gwyn memorial in churchyard of Church of St Matthew, Dyffryn, Dyffryn Clydach
- OS grid reference
- SS 738 998
- Coordinates
- 51.68334, -3.82622
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Howel Gwyn memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Matthew. It is a memorial cross made of red Aberdeen granite, standing on a tapered pedestal that features inscriptions. The cross is designed in the style of a Celtic cross, with rope moulding along the edges, an inscription around the circular part, and seven small carved panels displaying floral motifs. The center of the cross includes an IHS motif. Above the pedestal is a narrow grey granite plinth that bears inscriptions commemorating Howel Gwyn, who died in 1888, and his wife, who died in 1900. The side panels of the plinth also contain inscribed texts. Surrounding the memorial is a grey granite plinth and a red granite kerb.
Local climate
Howel Gwyn memorial in churchyard of Church of St Matthew sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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