Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
03/09/2004
Date of Amendment
03/09/2004
Name of Property
St Athan War Memorial
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Location
At the junction of the B4285 and Gileston Road.
Broad Class
Commemorative
History
c1920 memorial to WWI.
Exterior
Portland stone ashlar. Memorial in the shape of a square pillar on a moulded base standing on three stone steps and a stone plat. The pillar has entasis and rises to a dentil cornice and moulded projecting capping which carries a ball on a swept peak. The south face to the road has an arched tabernacle with an inscription to the fallen of both World Wars and the wording 'THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISHES OF ST. ATHAN, FLEMINGSTONE, GILESTON AND EGLWYSBREWIS'. Below the taberbnacle there is an inscription in Welsh. The steps are surrounded by a square of late C20 steel railings.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a well designed war memorial in a prominent location.
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