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
26820
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
02/08/2002
Date of Amendment
02/08/2002
Name of Property
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen War Memorial
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Community
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen
Town
Ammanford
Locality
Gwaun-cae-gurwen
Easting
270213
Northing
212177
Street Side
E
Location
Situated on the N side of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen at the junction of Brynamman Road and New Road.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
War memorial of c1922 to those of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen killed in the Great War.
Exterior
War Memorial, granite with bronze statue of infantryman on high pedestal, by W.J. Williams of Brynamman. Over life-size statue with head bowed and hands clasped over reversed rifle. Pedestal has battered sides with inscribed names both of the Great War and of the Second World War, main inscription on left side reads ' O barch ac anrhydedd i ddynion Gawauncaegurwen a'r ardal roddasant eu bywyd yn aberth dros rhyddid eu gwlad yn y Rhyfel Mawr 1914-1919'. Moulded cornice, semi-circle above centre of cornice on each face. Big plinth with coved top moulding, and plain base, the whole on a bottom step of rock-faced stone and in an iron-railed enclosure made by Bayliss, Jones & Bayliss of Wolverhampton.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a prominent sculptural war-memorial.
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