Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
81002
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/03/2003
Date of Amendment
13/03/2003
Name of Property
Pencader War Memorial
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanfihangel-ar-Arth
Town
Locality
Pencader
Easting
244549
Northing
236022
Street Side
W
Location
Situated in the centre of the village at the junction of the B4459 with Station Road.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Probably erected in the 1920s and by E Jones, sculptor of Llanybydder (engraved on plinth). It was modified c1950 by adding a new red granite base with inscription.
Exterior
On a stepped concrete and Portland stone plinth, the top step of which was the base of the original memorial and bears the maker''''''''s inscription. A tapering square polished red-granite base has inscriptions in gold letters commemorating the fallen of the 1914-18 and 1939-45 wars. Above it is a Portland stone base to the statue of an infantryman.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its social-historical interest and as a well-detailed memorial in a prominent location in the village.
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