Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
War Memorial on Powell Street
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, designated on 24 November 1987.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 24 November 1987
- Date of amendment
- 21 May 2025
- Welsh name
- Cofeb Ryfel ar Stryd Powel
- Town
- Aberystwyth
- Community
- Aberystwyth
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.41268, -4.08458
- Cadw reference
- 10376
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1830 map "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 163 Aberystwyth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Opposite No.7 Powell Street.
History
By Mario Rutelli (designer of the town war memorial) probably 1922/23, and erected in the courtyard of Tabernacle Chapel (demolished 2014).
Exterior
War memorial. Made in bronze it is a replica of the seal of the 'Calvanistic Methodist connexion': winged figure of Victory stands with one leg on a globe inscribed with the names of the fallen of the First World War. Marble plinth with Second World War memorial tablet; rests on slate platform.
Low stone wall enclosure with fleur-de-lys iron railings, and masonry pillar with urn finial.
Reason for designation
An especially fine example of a small war memorial.
Nearby in the register
- 42 Bridge StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 44 Bridge StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Eglwys St MairReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 49 Bridge StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.