Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
10/03/2003
Date of Amendment
10/03/2003
Name of Property
Clock Tower and War Memorial
Unitary Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Location
Situated in the town centre, set back from the main thoroughfare, standing at the entrance to a small lane.
History
Architect W H William of Mountain Ash. Completed 1926. Reputedly stone from the old Aberdare canal to E was used in its construction. Erected by public subscription.
Exterior
Clock Tower and War Memorial. A slim structure of coursed roughly dressed stone with tooled quoins and ashlar dressings. Embattled and with machiolations, surmounted by a weathervane. Clock faces on each side and slit windows to the tower at two levels on two sides. Stepped offset over the plinth which has a round-arched doorway to W and to E a composite bronze plaque, the central 4-panelled section commemorating the dead of First World War, and the later plaques either side added to commemorate the dead of the Second World War.
Reason for designation
Listed as a notable town landmark and for its historic interest as public memorial to the fallen of both World Wars.
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