Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Statue & Plinth to Sir W.T. Lewis
Town, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Town, Merthyr Tydfil, designated on 13 January 1988.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 13 January 1988
- Community
- Town
- Unitary authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.74778, -3.37620
- Cadw reference
- 11476
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 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (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)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 231 Merthyr Tydfil (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
To left hand side of entrance forecourt at St Tydfil’s Hospital. Relocated from original site outside the General Hospital, Penydarren Road.
History
Granite plinth dated 1900. Bronze statute by T Brock RA, sculptor of London, 1898.
Exterior
Standing, bearded figure with arms across front holding unrolled document or plan. Miners’ lamp and pile of papers at rear of feet. Tapering pedestal with moulded cornice and stepped plinth. Bronze heraldic plaque to front.
Long (rear) inscription of good works begins: "Erected by the Voluntary Subscriptions of Friends and Admirers....".
Nearby in the register
- St Tydfil's Hospital: Entrance Block (Centre Part Only)Health and Welfareunder 1 mi
- Trengrove HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- 16 New Castle StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 13A New Castle StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.