Monument to the Duke of Bedford, Hafod is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 September 1999. Monument.
Monument to the Duke of Bedford, Hafod
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-mortar-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ceredigion
- Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 3 September 1999
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to the Duke of Bedford, Hafod, Ystrad Meurig, Pontarfynach
- OS grid reference
- SN 763 731
- Coordinates
- 52.34254, -3.81667
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The monument to the Duke of Bedford at Hafod is a carved sandstone ashlar obelisk standing on a plain square plinth. The lower third of the monument is plain and features a largely illegible marble tablet facing north. The inscription on the tablet reads: "To the memory of the most noble Francis, Duke of Bedford, this monumental column is inscribed by Thomas Johnes as a testimony of the sincerity with which he, in common with every friend to the improvement of the country laments the loss of the most judicious and munificent promoter of the national agriculture." Above the tablet is a carved laurel wreath. The upper two-thirds of the obelisk are fluted and adorned with a Greek key-fret along the flat top. At the very top, there is a tall urn set on a base with corner acroteriae.
Local climate
Monument to the Duke of Bedford, Hafod sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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