Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
24367
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/11/2000
Date of Amendment
14/11/2000
Name of Property
Llanharan War Memorial
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Community
Llanharan
Town
Locality
Llanharan
Easting
300224
Northing
183170
Street Side
N
Location
Prominently sited NW of the village centre
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Erected in the 1920s but moved to its present location in 1960.
Exterior
A tall pedestal with a statue of an infantryman in battlefield dress, carved from Portland stone. The monument is set on a shallow plinth with concrete paving, part of the enclosure created in 1960. Above a shallow projecting base is a tapering pedestal, on the front of which the names of the 1914-18 war dead are engraved in black letters within a sunk panel. The sides have dedication inscriptions in English and Welsh. On the rear face the dead of the 1939-45 and Korean wars are added, above an inscription on the base recording the movement of the monument to its new location in 1960.
The monument stands in a railed enclosure of concrete paving with steel railings. Flag poles are placed flanking the memorial.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for social-historical interest and as a fine piece of monumental sculpture in a prominent location.
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