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
25803
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/10/2001
Date of Amendment
17/10/2001
Name of Property
War Memorial Cross
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llangynog
Town
Carmarthen
Locality
Llangynog
Easting
233872
Northing
215576
Street Side
Location
Situated at the junction of two minor roads some 800m S of the centre of Llangynog village.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
War memorial cross of 1922 made by Martin L. Edwards of Llanelli as a memorial to those of the parish who died in the Great War and also to Thomas Morris of Coomb, killed in the Boer War, 1902. It cost £200 and was unveiled by Princess Mary Louise. The site was chosen as being on the way from the former Sarnau station to Coomb.
Exterior
War memorial cross, ashlar on granite base, 4.6m high. The cross is octagonal in section with a wave moulding at the foot and stands on an octagonal inscribed base with inscription to First World War dead across front 3 faces, that to 1939-45 dead on left side and that to Lt Thomas Morris on the back. The broad plinth below has 'Lest we forget' inscribed on the front and stands on a wider square stone base on granite.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a well-designed war memorial unusually sited as a wayside cross.
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