Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
10885
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/01/1991
Date of Amendment
10/01/1991
Name of Property
Pedestal and Statue of Lord Merthyr in Aberdare Park
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Community
Aberdare West
Town
Locality
Trecynon
Easting
299675
Northing
203120
Street Side
Location
Situated near the main entrance, at the SE end of Aberdare Park; at the top end of a T-shaped pond.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Dated l9l2 and signed by Thomas Brock RA, sculptor of London. Unveiled l0tháJanuaryál913; the pond was created around the statue sometime between 1956 and 1968 (see old photographs).
Exterior
Pale grey granite square pedestal with cornice; stepped out to base and set on a square platform. Bronze statue of the standing, bearded Lord Merthyr holding an unrolled parchment; behind him a cloak is draped over a small pillar with book and miner's lamp. Welsh and English inscriptions partly eroded.
Identical to the earlier statue of Lord Merthyr (then Sir W T Lewis) by the same sculptor in Merthyr outside St Tydfil's Hospital.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value with other listed items in Aberdare Park.
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