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
23913
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/08/2000
Date of Amendment
15/08/2000
Name of Property
Miskin War Memorial
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Community
Pont-y-Clun
Town
Locality
Miskin
Easting
304656
Northing
180871
Street Side
Location
In the middle of the village W of the church and standing in the centre of the road at the junction of School Road and Hensol Road.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
The pedestal has plaques attached to the sides recording those who served in the 1914-18 war and the dead of that and the 1939-45 war.
Exterior
A tall square pedestal with enriched finial, on a stepped square plinth. Above are wreaths in relief and a deep cornice with a frieze of flowers. Above are niches with one order of shafts with moulded capitals and trefoiled arches with ogee gables. In the canopies are sculpted figures of soldier, sailor and airman, while the 4th side is a robed woman holding a long scroll, representing a roll call of the dead. Above the niches the pedestal tapers and is crowned by a Celtic cross.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for social historical interest and for group value with Miskin Arms and St David's church.
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