Pedestal and Statue of Lord Merthyr in Aberdare Park is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 January 1991. Statue.

Pedestal and Statue of Lord Merthyr in Aberdare Park

WRENN ID
endless-basalt-harvest
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Constituency
Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare MP: Gerald Jones (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
10 January 1991
Type
Statue
Address
Pedestal and Statue of Lord Merthyr in Aberdare Park, Trecynon, Aberdare West, Rhondda Cynon Taff
OS grid reference
SN 996 031
Coordinates
51.71781, -3.45368
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Pedestal and Statue of Lord Merthyr in Aberdare Park is a notable memorial featuring a pale grey granite square pedestal with a cornice that steps out to the base and is set on a square platform. Atop the pedestal stands a bronze statue of the bearded Lord Merthyr, who is depicted holding an unrolled parchment. A cloak is draped over a small pillar behind him, which also holds a book and a miner's lamp. The statue features inscriptions in both Welsh and English, although they are partly eroded. This statue is identical to an earlier statue of Lord Merthyr, who was then known as Sir W T Lewis, created by the same sculptor and located outside St Tydfil's Hospital in Merthyr.

Local climate

Pedestal and Statue of Lord Merthyr in Aberdare Park sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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