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
80941
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/03/2003
Date of Amendment
10/03/2003
Name of Property
Clock Tower and War Memorial
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Community
Penrhiwceiber
Town
Mountain Ash
Locality
Penrhiwceiber
Easting
305962
Northing
197614
Street Side
Location
Situated in the town centre, set back from the main thoroughfare, standing at the entrance to a small lane.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Architect W H William of Mountain Ash. Completed 1926. Reputedly stone from the old Aberdare canal to E was used in its construction. Erected by public subscription.
Exterior
Clock Tower and War Memorial. A slim structure of coursed roughly dressed stone with tooled quoins and ashlar dressings. Embattled and with machiolations, surmounted by a weathervane. Clock faces on each side and slit windows to the tower at two levels on two sides. Stepped offset over the plinth which has a round-arched doorway to W and to E a composite bronze plaque, the central 4-panelled section commemorating the dead of First World War, and the later plaques either side added to commemorate the dead of the Second World War.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a notable town landmark and for its historic interest as public memorial to the fallen of both World Wars.
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