Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
11964
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
12/03/1992
Date of Amendment
12/03/1992
Name of Property
Great War Memorial in Gardens at the Town Hall
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanelli
Town
Locality
Easting
250475
Northing
200366
Street Side
Location
Situated in Town Hall Gardens to N of Town Hall.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
1923 War Memorial to dead of Great War; bronze sculptures by W Goscombe John set against grey granite cenotaph.
Exterior
Single stone step, then curved-fronted grey granite base with 'To the glorious memory of the men of Llanelly' and 'Teyrnged Llanelli i'w gwroniaid' inscribed. The sculpted monument has plinth broken forward with heavily carved laurel festoon under bronze of soldier and artilleryman at ease, over life-size, against bronze back panel. Granite rear wall with splayed foot and heavy capstone, inscribed 'Pro Patria 1914-1919 - 1939-1945'.
Bronze is signed W Goscombe John RA and was made by A B Burton, bronzefounder of Thames Ditton, Surrey. Unveiled 27 October 1923 by Major General S F Mott, commander 53rd Welsh Division, and originally sited opposite Town Hall, but later moved for road widening.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value.
Cadw : Full Report for Listed Buildings [ Records 1 of 1 ]
Export