Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The War Memorial and surrounding terrace and walls
Lampeter, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Lampeter, Ceredigion, designated on 11 March 1992.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 11 March 1992
- Town
- Lampeter
- Community
- Lampeter
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.11545, -4.07708
- Cadw reference
- 10425
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 195 Lampeter (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 78. Lampeter. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated at corner of Bryn Road and North Road.
History
1921 bronze statue by W Goscombe John set within a raised terrace and boundary wall designed by Llewellyn Bankes-Price of Lampeter. Erected to commemorate the memory of those killed in the First World War with details of those killed in the Second World War added later.
Exterior
1921 bronze statue by W Goscombe John set within a raised terrace and boundary wall designed by Llewellyn Bankes-Price of Lampeter. Erected to commemorate the memory of those killed in the First World War with details of those killed in the Second World War added later.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special historic and architectural interest as a fine example of memorial sculpture in a prominent location displaying good craftsmanship and design, with the raised terrace, retaining walls and steps as an integral defining part of the war memorial.
Nearby in the register
- Millfield CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gates and Boundary wall to St Davids University College, LampeterEducationunder 1 mi
- Lampeter Castle MoundMotteunder 1 mi
- Y FelinDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.