Statue & Plinth to Sir W.T. Lewis is a Grade II listed building in the Merthyr Tydfil local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 13 January 1988. Statue, plinth.
Statue & Plinth to Sir W.T. Lewis
- WRENN ID
- grim-gargoyle-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare MP: Gerald Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1988
- Type
- Statue, plinth
- Address
- Statue & Plinth to Sir W.T. Lewis, Town
- OS grid reference
- SO 050 063
- Coordinates
- 51.74778, -3.37621
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The statue and plinth dedicated to Sir W.T. Lewis is a Grade II listed structure. It features a standing, bearded figure with arms crossed in front, holding an unrolled document or plan. At the base of the statue, there is a miners' lamp and a pile of papers positioned at the rear of the feet. The statue is set upon a tapering pedestal that has a moulded cornice and a stepped plinth. A bronze heraldic plaque is located on the front of the pedestal. The long inscription on the rear commemorates his good works, beginning with the words: "Erected by the Voluntary Subscriptions of Friends and Admirers...."
Local climate
Statue & Plinth to Sir W.T. Lewis sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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