Pierce's Memorial is a Grade II* listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 October 1950. Monument.

Pierce's Memorial

WRENN ID
former-gallery-owl
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Denbighshire
Constituency
Clwyd North MP: Gill German (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
24 October 1950
Type
Monument
Address
Pierce's Memorial, Denbigh - Town, Denbigh
OS grid reference
SJ 056 663
Coordinates
53.18564, -3.41376
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Pierce's Memorial is a columnar monument approximately 15 meters high, featuring a tall Tuscan column made of finely-tooled ashlar. At the top, there is a life-sized statue of Dr. Pierce crafted from white Sicilian marble. The column includes a moulded abacus and an octagonal base. It is set on a square plinth that is 4 meters high, also with a moulded base and top. This plinth is elevated on a square stepped platform with six steps. The front face of the column base displays a large recessed bronze inscription plaque, while the other three sides feature similarly-sized bronze relief plaques. These reliefs depict Mercy Interceding with Justice on the left, Healing the Sick at the rear, and Feeding the Poor on the right. Each plaque is inscribed with 'M. Raggi Sc (sculpsit), London, 1885... H. Young and Co, Art Founders, London.'

Local climate

Pierce's Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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