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
25524
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/07/2001
Date of Amendment
18/07/2001
Name of Property
War Memorial Cross
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Heath
Town
Cardiff
Locality
Cathays Cemetery
Easting
318247
Northing
179045
Street Side
E
Location
Located in the N extension to Cathays Cemetery, to the N of the A48. Reached from the W entrance gates by paths which lead SE. The cross faces S with war graves to its N.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
The War Graves Commission was formed in 1917 to establish graveyards for the fallen, and to commemorate Commonwealth soldiers who died without a known burial place. Three principal architects were appointed to the commission, Edwin Lutyens, Herbert Baker and Reginald Blomfield. The 'Cross of Sacrifice', as erected here, was to a design by Blomfield and is found at sites all over the world. The grave markers behind were mainly built to a standard specification, of Portland stone with cambered heads and standing 0.81m high. The information given on each marker includes regiment or service badge, name(s), age, date of death, and sometimes a cross. A few, in different styles, were provided by family members.
Exterior
War memorial cross of Portland stone with tapering shaft and chamfered angles; raised flat ends to arms and head. The front of the cross bears a sword, probably of bronze. Set on a high octagonal base on a larger octagonal plinth with overhanging capping. Surrounded by paving, also of octagonal form. The base has an inscription to the front 3 faces, which reads 'This cross of sacrifice is one in design and intention with those which have been set up in France and Belgium and other places throughout the world where our dead of the Great War are laid to rest'. 'Their name liveth for evermore'.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its social-historical interest as a 'Cross of Sacrifice' to a design by the War Graves Commission, and one of over 1000 throughout the world.
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