Swansea Jack Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 July 1994. School.

Swansea Jack Memorial

WRENN ID
sharp-keep-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swansea
Constituency
Swansea West MP: Torsten Bell (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
25 July 1994
Type
School
Address
Swansea Jack Memorial, Uplands
OS grid reference
SS 639 921
Coordinates
51.61151, -3.96632
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Swansea Jack Memorial features a granite base with blocks at each end that support a larger granite slab. This slab has an inscription detailing the exploits of Swansea Jack. On the left side, there is a bronze relief head of Swansea Jack, which is signed by J Cecil Jones from Swansea.

Local climate

Swansea Jack Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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