Monument to David Evans is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 February 1997. Monument.

Monument to David Evans

WRENN ID
far-mullion-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Constituency
Rhondda and Ogmore MP: Chris Bryant (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
24 February 1997
Type
Monument
Address
Monument to David Evans, Trealaw Cemetery, Trealaw, Rhondda Cynon Taff
OS grid reference
ST 013 919
Coordinates
51.61802, -3.42671
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Monument to David Evans is a tall marble structure in gothic style, set on a square stone base that was once surrounded by a marble arcaded kerb, now partly dismantled. It features a red marble plinth that supports a four-sided inscription section, which is angled at 45 degrees. Each panel is enclosed within a steeply gabled canopy, with half-round piers that have stiffleaf capitals supporting a trefoil-headed arch. The inscription, made of metal lettering, honors David Evans, with a second shorter inscription dedicated to his wife Mary, who died in 1892 at the age of 58; the other panels remain blank. Above the plinth is a full-sized figure of the deceased, depicted in contemporary clothing, holding a scroll with one arm resting on a supporting pillar, and gazing towards the Rhondda valley.

Local climate

Monument to David Evans sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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