The Duke of Wellington Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 December 1976. Monument.
The Duke of Wellington Monument
- WRENN ID
- sacred-merlon-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 16 December 1976
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- The Duke of Wellington Monument, Powys
- OS grid reference
- SO 045 285
- Coordinates
- 51.94687, -3.39002
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Duke of Wellington Monument features a 2.5 metre high bronze statue set on a stone pedestal with a rusticated base, adorned with bronze bas-reliefs. The statue depicts a standing figure dressed in a frock coat and cloak, with its weight on the right leg and the left leg bent slightly forward. The left hand holds a sword while the right hand holds a scroll. The bronze relief on the southwest side references the Peninsular War, while the northeast panel shows Picton charging the French cavalry at Waterloo. The northwest side of the pedestal is inscribed with "Picton, MDCCCXV," and the southeast side reads "Wellington, MDCCCLII."
Local climate
The Duke of Wellington Monument sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 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 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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