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
11476
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/01/1988
Date of Amendment
13/01/1988
Name of Property
Statue & Plinth to Sir W.T. Lewis
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Merthyr Tydfil
Community
Town
Town
Locality
Easting
305089
Northing
206350
Street Side
Location
To left hand side of entrance forecourt at St Tydfil’s Hospital. Relocated from original site outside the General Hospital, Penydarren Road.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Granite plinth dated 1900. Bronze statute by T Brock RA, sculptor of London, 1898.
Exterior
Standing, bearded figure with arms across front holding unrolled document or plan. Miners’ lamp and pile of papers at rear of feet. Tapering pedestal with moulded cornice and stepped plinth. Bronze heraldic plaque to front.
Long (rear) inscription of good works begins: "Erected by the Voluntary Subscriptions of Friends and Admirers....".
Interior
Reason for designation
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