Statue of John Batchelor is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 May 1975. Monument.
Statue of John Batchelor
- WRENN ID
- waning-lime-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth MP: Stephen Doughty (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1975
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Statue of John Batchelor, Castle
- OS grid reference
- ST 183 762
- Coordinates
- 51.47955, -3.17648
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The statue of John Batchelor is a standing bronze figure mounted on a stone pedestal. The figure is depicted in contemporary dress, with the left leg forward and the right arm raised in an indication. The pedestal is inscribed with the words "The Friend of Freedom."
Local climate
Statue of John Batchelor sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% 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 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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