Statue of Dr William Price is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 September 2018. Statue.
Statue of Dr William Price
- WRENN ID
- veiled-brass-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Constituency
- Pontypridd MP: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 September 2018
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Dr William Price, Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taff
- OS grid reference
- ST 047 834
- Coordinates
- 51.54233, -3.37452
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The statue of Dr. William Price is a Grade II listed monument depicting a standing male figure with outstretched arms, symbolically 'blown by the winds of adversity'. He is dressed as a druid, wearing a fox skin hat and cloak, with a sword at his hip. In his left hand, he holds a crescent moon, while a torch is in his right hand. The statue stands on a boulder that represents the Pontypridd rocking stone and faces East Caerlan. It is set within a circular brick base that has a flat top and a conical outer ring. On the eastern side, there is a slate panel that reads ‘Innovator of Modern Cremation’ alongside an image of a funeral pyre. Below this, it states ‘Dr William Price. 1800-1893. Surgeon Chartist. And. Self Style Druid. Sculptor Peter Nicholas. Supported by the Welsh Arts Council. Unveiled by the Mayor of Taff Ely, Councillor George Preston, 3rd May 1982. AP Isaac’.
Local climate
Statue of Dr William Price 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% 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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