Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Welch Regimental War Memorial at Maindy Barracks
Cathays, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Maindy, Cardiff, Cathays, designated on 19 May 1975.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 19 May 1975
- Locality
- Maindy
- Town
- Cardiff
- Community
- Cathays
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.49831, -3.18418
- Cadw reference
- 13828
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)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 263 Cardiff (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 110. Cardiff & Mouth of the Severn. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the N side of the entrance drive to Maindy Barracks enclosed by railings.
History
A First World War memorial designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, Principal Architect to the War Graves Commission, and erected in 1924 to commemorate the 1st and 2nd battalions of the Welch Regiment. The design follows Lutyens' Cenotaph at Whitehall, London.
Exterior
A Portland stone cenotaph-type memorial on a broad stepped plinth and square base. A 3-stage pylon is stepped alternately on the N-S and E-W axes. The N and S faces have English and Welsh inscriptions with roll call of the 1914-18 war in the middle stage, and roll call of the 1939-45 war on the E face, while the upper stage has wreaths carved in high relief against the E and W faces. The lower stage has regimental badges in relief and an added Korean War inscription to the E face.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-designed First World War memorial in a prominent location, and for group value with associated listed items at Maindy Barracks.
Nearby in the register
- Entrance block at Maindy BarracksDefenceunder 1 mi
- Gladstone Junior SchoolEducationunder 1 mi
- Former married men's quarters at Maindy BarracksDefenceunder 1 mi
- Former depot school at Maindy BarracksDefenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.