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
11469
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/01/1988
Date of Amendment
13/01/1988
Name of Property
Boer War Memorial & Railings
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Merthyr Tydfil
Community
Town
Town
Locality
Easting
305251
Northing
206352
Street Side
Location
Set away from road on a modelled, grassy hillside overlooking the town centre; recreation ground to N.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Unveiled Sept 1904 by Lord Windor. "A Tribute to the memory of Merthyr Men who died in the South African War 1899-1902". Prepared in Aberdeen from designs by Washington Morgan sculptor (inscription on plinth).
Exterior
Tall, granite obelisk with inscribed polished granite inscriptions on tapered sides. Carved wreath to W face, moulded cornice and plinth to pedestal, stepped base.
Square, railed enclosure with spears to sinuous wrought-iron Art Nouveau panels; dwarf stonework walls.
Interior
Reason for designation
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