Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
15190
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/02/1995
Date of Amendment
13/02/1995
Name of Property
War Memorial, steps and walls
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Manordeilo and Salem
Town
Locality
Taliaris
Easting
265340
Northing
228111
Street Side
Location
Situated on W side of B 4302 some 100m S of Taliaris church.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
1923 war memorial of unusual type and scale, commissioned by the Peel family of Taliaris, partly in commemoration of Capt A. Peel, killed 1914, and Lt R. Peel, killed 1917.
Exterior
Large tapering rubble stone cairn, square in plan, raised above roadside on embanked platform reached by two narrow curving flights of rough steps from entry recessed between two rubble stone terrace walls. Cairn has base step with 1939-45 names on red granite plaque, and plinth with affixed ashlar plaque with laurel wreath and crossed swords. On main face is affixed red granite plain cross inscribed "The Great War 1914-18" across, "In memory of the fallen heroes of Taliaris parish" on base and seven names on panel below.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as war memorial of unusual type with landscape value in views from across the valley.
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