Monument to Dafydd William at Croes-y-Parc chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 September 2002. Monument.

Monument to Dafydd William at Croes-y-Parc chapel

WRENN ID
calm-chamber-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
17 September 2002
Type
Monument
Address
Monument to Dafydd William at Croes-y-Parc chapel, Peterston-Super-Ely
OS grid reference
ST 079 758
Coordinates
51.47388, -3.32692
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is an impressive late Victorian monument located in the churchyard of Croes-y-Parc chapel. It features a granite shaft set on a rock-faced plinth. The monument has a recessed inscription panel that displays a long Welsh inscription made with applied leaded letters, and a Celtic knot design at the base. The top of the monument has a circular head that is framed with cable moulding, which encloses a copper roundel depicting a biblical scene. The rear of the monument is blank.

Local climate

Monument to Dafydd William at Croes-y-Parc chapel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 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 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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