Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
18606
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/07/1997
Date of Amendment
28/07/1997
Name of Property
Blackmill War Memorial
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Bridgend
Community
Ogmore Valley
Town
Ogmore Valley
Locality
Blackmill
Easting
293397
Northing
186707
Street Side
W
Location
Located at the cross roads at the centre of the hamlet, where the road dips and crosses the Ogmore River.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Erected following the 1914-1918 war to commemorate local men killed in action.
Exterior
Built in mixed coloured granites and raised on 2 sandstone steps. A monument in Gothic style, with a gabled lower section with corner columns, standing on a mutiple moulded base. Etched granite scrollwork in the open gables over the columns. Above, the monument is reduced to an octagonal panelled section with a leaf enriched capital, on which stands the tapering octagonal shaft, rising to a terminal fleur. The monument is not signed, and the original cast iron railings have been replaced in March 1997 with steel.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a well designed and sculpted war memorial.
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