Memorial to Evan and James James at Ynysangharad Park is a Grade II* listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 February 2001. Memorial. 16 related planning applications.
Memorial to Evan and James James at Ynysangharad Park
- WRENN ID
- ruined-ledge-peregrine
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Constituency
- Pontypridd MP: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 February 2001
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Memorial to Evan and James James at Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff, CF37 4PE
- OS grid reference
- ST 075 901
- Coordinates
- 51.60249, -3.33635
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The memorial to Evan and James James is located in Ynysangharad Park and is designated as a grade II* structure. It features two bronze figures dressed in Celtic robes: a man holding a harp, symbolizing music, and a woman representing poetry. These figures are set on a base made of pennant stone sourced from Craig yr Hesg, which includes memorial inscriptions in both English and Welsh, along with a bronze tablet that displays low relief portrait busts of the two men. At the back of the memorial is a date stone. The base is elevated on a stepped plinth, in front of which lies the enriched saddleback grave slab of Evan James. In front of the memorial, there are two low square piers and a steel grille, leading to approach steps that are flanked by a dwarf wall and square piers, all constructed from rock-faced stone with rock-faced copings. The paved approach is decorated with a Celtic cross inlaid in stone.
Local climate
Memorial to Evan and James James at Ynysangharad Park 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 16 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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