The Hopcyn Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Bridgend local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 September 1998. Monument.

The Hopcyn Cross

WRENN ID
forbidden-flue-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bridgend
Constituency
Aberafan Maesteg MP: Stephen Kinnock (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
8 September 1998
Type
Monument
Address
The Hopcyn Cross, Llangynwyd, Llangynwyd Middle
OS grid reference
SS 856 887
Coordinates
51.5863, -3.65119
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Hopcyn Cross is a high cross monument made of course grained grey granite, built on a base of three high octagonal steps. The base is shaped like a cross with infilled angles. The tapered shaft features a late Celtic type angular interlace on each main face and is topped with a wheel cross, which is also decorated with interlace and a sycamore leaf at the center. The cross has inscriptions on the basal steps: on the east side, it reads "COFIWN / WILL HOPCYN 1701-1741 EF A CANODD GWENITH GWYN." The north side lists notable figures from Tir Iarll: "ADFYD / TWM IFAN PRYS / ANTONI POWEL / SAMUEL JONES / LEWYS HOPCYN / SION BRADFORD," along with the inscription "Rev R Pendril Llewelyn MA" on the base. The west side states "CEFN / ANN THOMAS 1704-1727 / Y FERCH O CEFN YDFA," and the base notes "Brindley Richards (Brinli), archdderwydd Cymru 1972-1975." Finally, the south side includes "YDFA / DAFYDD NICLAS / RICHARD PRYCE / LLYFNWY / GEULANNYDD / CADRAWD," with "Christopher William RBA" on the base.

Local climate

The Hopcyn Cross sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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