Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
War Memorial in Grange Gardens, including enclosure railings
Grangetown, Cardiff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 18 November 1997
- Community
- Grangetown
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.46715, -3.18192
- Cadw reference
- 19088
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
Near centre of Grange Gardens, facing E.
History
Erected in 1920s. Designed by H C Fehr, sculptor. Funds raised by voluntary subscription under the auspices of the Grangetown War Heroes Memorial Committee. Bronze plates record the names and units of the people of Grangetown killed whilst serving with Armed Forces and Merchant Service.
Exterior
Bronze statue of winged victory, bearing laurel wreath and sword, standing on orb. Statue on tall Portland stone plinth (reliefs of laurels to base). Plinth bears bronze plates recording names of fallen in the Great War. The monument is enclosed by wrought-iron railings with scrolled panels.
Reason for designation
Listed as ambitious memorial to fallen of Great War in Grangetown.
Nearby in the register
- Shelter in Grange GardensGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Parish Church of St Paul.Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Grange Farm HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gas Holder at British Gas Grangetown WorksIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.