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
82071
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
25/11/2003  
Date of Amendment
25/11/2003  
Name of Property
Monument to Amelia Earhart  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire  
Community
Pembrey and Burry Port Town  
Town
 
Locality
Burry Port  
Easting
244623  
Northing
200915  
Street Side
W  
Location
Facing Memorial Square and set back from the road in a small fenced enclosure.  

Description


Broad Class
 
Period
 

History
Erected to commemorate the American aviatrix Amelia Earhart (1889-1937), the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. The flight took place in a seaplane named 'Friendship' on 18 June 1928, accompanied by Wilmur Stultz and Louis Gordon, leaving from Trepassey in Newfoundland and landing at Burry Port. The journey took 20 hours and 49 minutes.  

Exterior
An obelisk memorial on a square base and stepped plinth, of reconstituted stone. The base has, in each corner, corbelled basins below lion fountain heads. Facing the road is a polished stone inscription tablet giving details of the flight. The obelisk has a relief frieze at the bottom and below the top, while the front face has a laurel wreath, The obelisk is crowned by a metal weathervane.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed as a well-detailed monument of special historical interest for its association with a landmark in aviation history.  

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