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
81002
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/03/2003
Date of Amendment
13/03/2003
Name of Property
Pencader War Memorial
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanfihangel-ar-Arth
Town
Locality
Pencader
Easting
244549
Northing
236022
Street Side
W
Location
Situated in the centre of the village at the junction of the B4459 with Station Road.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Probably erected in the 1920s and by E Jones, sculptor of Llanybydder (engraved on plinth). It was modified c1950 by adding a new red granite base with inscription.
Exterior
On a stepped concrete and Portland stone plinth, the top step of which was the base of the original memorial and bears the maker''''''''s inscription. A tapering square polished red-granite base has inscriptions in gold letters commemorating the fallen of the 1914-18 and 1939-45 wars. Above it is a Portland stone base to the statue of an infantryman.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its social-historical interest and as a well-detailed memorial in a prominent location in the village.
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