Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Great War Memorial in Gardens at the Town Hall
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 12 March 1992
- Community
- Llanelli
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.68209, -4.16423
- Cadw reference
- 11964
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in Town Hall Gardens to N of Town Hall.
History
1923 War Memorial to dead of Great War; bronze sculptures by W Goscombe John set against grey granite cenotaph.
Exterior
Single stone step, then curved-fronted grey granite base with 'To the glorious memory of the men of Llanelly' and 'Teyrnged Llanelli i'w gwroniaid' inscribed. The sculpted monument has plinth broken forward with heavily carved laurel festoon under bronze of soldier and artilleryman at ease, over life-size, against bronze back panel. Granite rear wall with splayed foot and heavy capstone, inscribed 'Pro Patria 1914-1919 - 1939-1945'.
Bronze is signed W Goscombe John RA and was made by A B Burton, bronzefounder of Thames Ditton, Surrey. Unveiled 27 October 1923 by Major General S F Mott, commander 53rd Welsh Division, and originally sited opposite Town Hall, but later moved for road widening.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- The Town HallCivilunder 1 mi
- Tabernacle Chapel including forecourt RailingsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Gates & Railings to Gardens at the Town HallGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Boer War Memorial in Gardens at the HallCommemorativeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.