Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Carmarthen Road War Memorial
Cockett, Swansea, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Fforest-fach, Swansea, Cockett, designated on 7 January 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 7 January 2000
- Locality
- Fforest-fach
- Town
- Swansea
- Community
- Cockett
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.64149, -3.97773
- Cadw reference
- 22776
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)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 247 Swansea (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1920 · Sheet 100. Llanelly. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Set back from the E side of the A483 NW of the junction with Ravenhill Road.
Exterior
A cenotaph-type memorial in ashlar, with a moulded base and gabled cap. The front face has 2 cast bronze panels, the lower of which reads 'GWELL ANGEU NA CHYWILYDD', the upper main panel listing the names of the dead in the 1914-18 war. The side walls have sculpted lion's heads.
The memorial is fronted by stone steps and is set back from the pavement within a concave recess that has a rubble rear wall with stone benches and curves out to terminate in piers which have guilloche-moulded panels. On the L side is a gateway with a second pier, leading to a senior citizens' hall. Flanking the main memorial, panels with concrete surrounds are added to the rear wall, listing the names of the dead in the 1939-45 war.
Reason for designation
Listed as a public memorial occupying a prominent site and for its social-historical interest.
Nearby in the register
- Capel Bethlehem including attached vestry blockReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St TeiloReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Cockett standing stoneStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Walkers Snack Foods FactoryIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.