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
19088
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/11/1997
Date of Amendment
18/11/1997
Name of Property
War Memorial in Grange Gardens, including enclosure railings
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Grangetown
Town
Locality
Easting
317996
Northing
174905
Street Side
N
Location
Near centre of Grange Gardens, facing E.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Erected in 1920s. Designed by H C Fehr, sculptor. Funds raised by voluntary subscription under the auspices of the Grangetown War Heroes Memorial Committee. Bronze plates record the names and units of the people of Grangetown killed whilst serving with Armed Forces and Merchant Service.
Exterior
Bronze statue of winged victory, bearing laurel wreath and sword, standing on orb. Statue on tall Portland stone plinth (reliefs of laurels to base). Plinth bears bronze plates recording names of fallen in the Great War. The monument is enclosed by wrought-iron railings with scrolled panels.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as ambitious memorial to fallen of Great War in Grangetown.
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