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Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
10314
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/11/1987
Date of Amendment
24/11/1987
Name of Property
War Memorial
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Aberystwyth
Town
Locality
Easting
257880
Northing
281600
Street Side
Location
A striking landmark closing the southern end of the curved Promenade; to W of the castle.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Unveiled 14 September 1923.
Exterior
65 ft high. A specially fine war memorial, designed by Mario Rutelli of Rome, sculptor of 2 other works in the town. Polygonal partly dressed rubble memorial; tapered stem with bands and cushioned base rests on broader 2-tier ‘sarcophagus’ with quoins and copper tablets commemorating the two world wars. Broadly splayed lower stage with alternating ramps and steps (? Influence of Goscombe John’s Port Sunlight memorial); crowned by a lead status of the winged Victory standing on a globe. The stem has tall thin wreaths to alternative sides; to the base of the W face is a fine figurehead sculpture on a nude lady with foliage backdrop representing Humanity emerging from the effect of war, rests on pedestal with Great War Medallion. Welsh and English language plaques to stem.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value.
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