Crawshay Obelisk SW of Castle Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 February 2001. Obelisk.

Crawshay Obelisk SW of Castle Bridge

WRENN ID
sacred-trefoil-woodpecker
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Constituency
Pontypridd MP: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
26 February 2001
Type
Obelisk
Address
Crawshay Obelisk SW of Castle Bridge, Treforest, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff
OS grid reference
ST 083 890
Coordinates
51.59238, -3.32371
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Crawshay Obelisk, located southwest of Castle Bridge, is a tall freestone obelisk featuring a square base and a stepped plinth. The obelisk has the inscription 'F Crawshay' on the north side and 'H Crawshay' on the south side. The base is marked with the year '1844' on the west side. Additionally, an inscription on the plinth states: 'I am a model of the only obelisk now standing at Heliopolis On of the scriptures Erected by Osortseen 1st'.

Local climate

Crawshay Obelisk SW of Castle Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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