Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
2177
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/04/1974
Date of Amendment
30/04/2004
Name of Property
South African War Memorial in front of The Town Hall
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Usk
Town
Usk
Locality
Usk
Easting
337574
Northing
200563
Street Side
Location
On the triangular central plot at the S part of New Market Street, a short distance N of the Town Hall.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
By R Price of Abergavenny (signed). A memorial to local men named on the column who fell in the South African War of 1898-1902; erected by the inhabitants of Usk; unveiled 1908.
Exterior
War Memorial. Standing on a tooled stone base, an inscribed round grey marble column tapering from a plinth to a tiered cornice and surmounted by an urn; incised inscription facing up street to N. Situated in a small squareiron-railed enclosure.
Interior
Reason for designation
A monument of great local interest and a precursor of the more familiar later world war memorials. Group value with other listed buildings in New Market Street especially the adjacent Market Hall.
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