Admiral Rodney's Pillar is a Grade II* listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 October 1953. Monument.
Admiral Rodney's Pillar
- WRENN ID
- solitary-render-spindle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 October 1953
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Admiral Rodney's Pillar, Bausley with Criggion
- OS grid reference
- SJ 295 144
- Coordinates
- 52.72278, -3.04515
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Admiral Rodney's Pillar is a Grade II* listed monument made of Breidden dolerite. It features a plinth raised over two steps, topped with an unmoulded cornice that supports a Doric style column with entasis, a capital, and an abacus. This is surmounted by a drum and a finial, which replaced the original gilded ball after it was struck by lightning in 1847. A granite panel on the west face commemorates the naval achievements of Sir George Brydges Rodney, Admiral of the White, particularly his victory over the French at the Battle of the Saints off Dominica in 1782. The pillar has undergone repairs in 1847, 1896, and between 1983 and 1984. An inscription in Welsh, recorded by Rev Roberts of Criggion, had disappeared by 1890. To the northeast, there is a triangulation pillar with the bench mark S4796.
Local climate
Admiral Rodney's Pillar receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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