Statue of Edward Prince of Wales is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 November 1987. Statue.

Statue of Edward Prince of Wales

WRENN ID
crooked-groin-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ceredigion
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
24 November 1987
Type
Statue
Address
Statue of Edward Prince of Wales, Aberystwyth
OS grid reference
SN 580 817
Coordinates
52.41495, -4.08849
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a bronze statue of Edward, Prince of Wales, who served as Chancellor of the University. The statue was created by Mario Rutelli from Rome and stands on a stepped pedestal made of Italian marble. The pedestal is inscribed with "Tywysog Cymru Canghellor Brifysgol. MCMXXII," which translates to "Prince of Wales Chancellor of the University. 1922."

Local climate

Statue of Edward Prince of Wales sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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