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
18497
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/07/1997
Date of Amendment
14/07/1997
Name of Property
Cenotaph
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Bridgend
Community
Maesteg
Town
Maesteg
Locality
Maesteg
Easting
285324
Northing
191381
Street Side
S
Location
Located in the footpath in front of St David's Church and on the corner of Talbot Street and High Street at the centre of Maesteg.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Originally erected to commemorate Maesteg's dead of the First World War, the inscription extended to cover the Second World War, and a further inscription added for the Falklands War 1982. The sculpture is signed by L F Roslyn 1926, and was cast by E J Palenti & Co of London.
Exterior
Built of white flecked granite. A tall rectangular base erected over 2 steps and plinth with a stepped upper stage carrying a bronze sculpture of two infantrymen, one advancing with bayonet fixed and stepping over his fallen comrade. Inscribed on the base: AT GOF UWCH ANGOF. A bronze leaf motif is applied to all sides of the plinth.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a well-proportioned and handsome war memorial in a conspicous position, and one of the elements in the group of listed buildings in the centre of Maesteg.
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