Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
80856
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/01/2003
Date of Amendment
30/01/2003
Name of Property
War Memorial in Llangathen Churchyard
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llangathen
Town
Locality
Llangathen
Easting
258443
Northing
222128
Street Side
Location
On the SW side of the church.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Probably erected in the 1920s.
Exterior
A Celtic cross style freestone memorial on a stepped plinth. The upper step of the plinth has ''''''''gwell angau na chywilydd'''''''' in raised letters. The square base has a roll call of the dead from the 1914-18 war in raised black letters to the E and N sides, and added similar roll call to the 1939-45 war on the W side. The cross has ropework edge moulding, a wreath and sword below interlace panels, all in shallow relief, to the E face of the shaft, and a wheel-headed cross.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-detailed war memorial and for group value with the parish church.
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