Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
26714
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
31/05/2002  
Date of Amendment
31/05/2002  
Name of Property
Whitchurch War Memorial  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Cardiff  
Community
Whitchurch  
Town
Cardiff  
Locality
Whitchurch  
Easting
315085  
Northing
180388  
Street Side
 
Location
In the garden outside Whitchurch Library.  

Description


Broad Class
Commemorative  
Period
 

History
Erection date uncertain, but probably early 1920s.  

Exterior
Granite obelisk on a plinth and standing on five square diminishing granite steps. The obelisk carries on the front an inscription 'IN PROUD & HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF WHITCHURCH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 SEMPER FIDELIS 1030-1945', and on the sides and rear the names of the fallen. The obelisk is surmounted by the bronze figure of an infantryman standing with reversed arms.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as a good memorial from WWI having group value with the adjacent Whitchurch Library.  

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