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
18606
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/07/1997
Date of Amendment
28/07/1997
Name of Property
Blackmill War Memorial
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Bridgend
Community
Ogmore Valley
Town
Ogmore Valley
Locality
Blackmill
Easting
293397
Northing
186707
Street Side
W
Location
Located at the cross roads at the centre of the hamlet, where the road dips and crosses the Ogmore River.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Erected following the 1914-1918 war to commemorate local men killed in action.
Exterior
Built in mixed coloured granites and raised on 2 sandstone steps. A monument in Gothic style, with a gabled lower section with corner columns, standing on a mutiple moulded base. Etched granite scrollwork in the open gables over the columns. Above, the monument is reduced to an octagonal panelled section with a leaf enriched capital, on which stands the tapering octagonal shaft, rising to a terminal fleur. The monument is not signed, and the original cast iron railings have been replaced in March 1997 with steel.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a well designed and sculpted war memorial.
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