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
11443
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/01/1988
Date of Amendment
13/01/1988
Name of Property
Statue & Plinth to Henry Seymour Berry
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Merthyr Tydfil
Community
Town
Town
Locality
Easting
304967
Northing
206292
Street Side
Location
At centre of semi-circular forecourt in front of Carnegie Library.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Erected 1931. Designed by W Goscombe John RA.
Exterior
Standing, black-painted, bronze figure in full robes with cocked hat in crook of left arm; parchment grasped in right hand. Moulded pink granite plinth with inscription: "Henry Seymour Berry, Baron Buckland of Bwlch, Hon. Freeman of the Co. Borough of Merthyr Tydfil. Born 1877 - Died 1928. Erected by Public Subscription".
Interior
Reason for designation
Part of good group of listed public buildings in town centre.
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