Islwyn Monument in Babell Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 September 1999. Monument.
Islwyn Monument in Babell Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- stark-glass-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Caerphilly MP: Chris Evans (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 16 September 1999
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Islwyn Monument in Babell Cemetery, Cwmfelin-Fach, Ynysddu
- OS grid reference
- ST 185 914
- Coordinates
- 51.61561, -3.17738
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Islwyn Monument in Babell Cemetery is a red marble structure featuring a slender obelisk that stands on a plinth. One side of the plinth has an engraved and gilded inscription, while another side displays an inset relief bust medallion finished in black, with the name "ISLWYN" inscribed beneath it. Below this, there is a two-tiered stone base that includes an additional inscription.
Local climate
Islwyn Monument in Babell Cemetery sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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