Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
13/01/1988
Date of Amendment
13/01/1988
Name of Property
Boer War Memorial & Railings
Unitary Authority
Merthyr Tydfil
Location
Set away from road on a modelled, grassy hillside overlooking the town centre; recreation ground to N.
Broad Class
Commemorative
History
Unveiled Sept 1904 by Lord Windor. "A Tribute to the memory of Merthyr Men who died in the South African War 1899-1902". Prepared in Aberdeen from designs by Washington Morgan sculptor (inscription on plinth).
Exterior
Tall, granite obelisk with inscribed polished granite inscriptions on tapered sides. Carved wreath to W face, moulded cornice and plinth to pedestal, stepped base.
Square, railed enclosure with spears to sinuous wrought-iron Art Nouveau panels; dwarf stonework walls.
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