Sculpture in forecourt of Department of Music, Cardiff University is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 October 2001. Sculpture.

Sculpture in forecourt of Department of Music, Cardiff University

WRENN ID
winding-rafter-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff South and Penarth MP: Stephen Doughty (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 October 2001
Type
Sculpture
Address
Sculpture in forecourt of Department of Music, Cardiff University, Cathays
OS grid reference
ST 179 773
Coordinates
51.48917, -3.18338
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is an abstract bronze sculpture located in the forecourt of the Department of Music at Cardiff University. It stands on a brick plinth and features a composition of three trapezoidal wings, each approximately 3 meters high and 0.25 meters thick, fanned out across the wide plinth. Each wing has an oculus, with height and diameter varying in relation to the others. The sculpture reflects Barbara Hepworth's artistic philosophy of blending the formal perfection of geometry with the vital grace of nature.

Local climate

Sculpture in forecourt of Department of Music, Cardiff University 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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