Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
31/05/2002
Date of Amendment
31/05/2002
Name of Property
Whitchurch War Memorial
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Location
In the garden outside Whitchurch Library.
Broad Class
Commemorative
History
Erection date uncertain, but probably early 1920s.
Exterior
Granite obelisk on a plinth and standing on five square diminishing granite steps. The obelisk carries on the front an inscription 'IN PROUD & HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF WHITCHURCH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 SEMPER FIDELIS 1030-1945', and on the sides and rear the names of the fallen. The obelisk is surmounted by the bronze figure of an infantryman standing with reversed arms.
Reason for designation
Included as a good memorial from WWI having group value with the adjacent Whitchurch Library.
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