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
15662
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/02/1995
Date of Amendment
10/11/2005
Name of Property
War Memorial
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Abergavenny
Town
Abergavenny
Locality
Abergavenny
Easting
329723
Northing
214494
Street Side
Location
Facing up the street and situated at the road junction on an open island platform. Opposite the Baptist Chapel but with its back to it.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Unveiled on 29th October 1921 and designed by Gilbert Ledward RGA as a World War I memorial for the Monmouthshire Regiment. Cast by A B Burton, Founder of Thames Ditton and paid for by public subscription from the people of Abertillery, Ebbw Vale, Cwm, Tredegar, Rhymney and Abergavenny. Restored 2005.
Exterior
The standing bronze soldier is leaning on an upturned Lee Enfield rifle and is dressed in full battle kit with sling and tin hat. The figure is in an attitude of exhaustion after battle. Granite pedestal set on a concrete platform. Diminishing squares going to a shaft with chamfered corners. To the front the memorial is inscribed: 'To the Officers, NCOs and Men of the 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regt. who fell in the Great War'. Lists of battle honours on the sides. World War II inscription added to the back.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a well designed war memorial in a prominent location.
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