War Memorial on Powell Street is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 November 1987. War memorial.
War Memorial on Powell Street
- WRENN ID
- solemn-plinth-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ceredigion
- Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1987
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial on Powell Street, Aberystwyth
- OS grid reference
- SN 583 814
- Coordinates
- 52.4127, -4.08459
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The war memorial on Powell Street is a Grade II listed structure made of bronze. It is a replica of the seal of the Calvanistic Methodist connexion, featuring a winged figure of Victory standing with one leg on a globe that is inscribed with the names of those who fell in the First World War. The memorial is set on a marble plinth that includes a tablet commemorating the Second World War, and it rests on a slate platform.
Surrounding the memorial is a low stone wall enclosure with fleur-de-lys iron railings, complemented by a masonry pillar topped with an urn finial.
Local climate
War Memorial on Powell Street 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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