Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
War Memorial and Railings
Pencoed, Bridgend, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 4 March 1998
- Locality
- Pencoed
- Community
- Pencoed
- Unitary authority
- Bridgend
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.52389, -3.50034
- Cadw reference
- 19479
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
Located in the centre of Pencoed at the junction of Coychurch Road, Hendre Road and Penybont Road. The GWR and crossing are to the W.
History
Early C20 memorial to those who died in the First World War (1914 - 18). An additional stone slab names those who died in the Second World War (1939 - 45).
Exterior
Statue in the form of an angel supported on a triangular-plan base and plinth. Constructed of ashlar stone laid in large blocks. The angel is standing on a globe and holds a club and chain aloft. The base has chamfered angles with hollow mouldings, and a large moulded cornice. Each face has an inset red marble tablet with the names of those who died in 1914 - 1918. The plinth also has chamfered angles and a moulded cornice. It is stepped and has a moulded band. Attached to its E face is a stone block with an inset red marble tablet naming those who died from 1939 -1945. The memorial is set on a platform of octagonal paving surrounded by decorative railings. There is an entrance on the E side formed by a pair of double gates, with 6 stone steps leading up to the memorial.
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine war memorial of unusual design, prominently sited in the centre of the village
Nearby in the register
- Salem ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St DavidReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Bridge over Afon EwenniTransportunder 1 mi
- Milestone, Coychurch RoadTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.