Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The War Memorial
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, designated on 28 March 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 28 March 2002
- Town
- Tenby
- Community
- Tenby
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.67164, -4.70144
- Cadw reference
- 26422
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)
- 1898 · 245 Pembroke (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the N side of the junction of South Parade, Upper Park Road and Trafalgar Road.
History
War memorial of 1921 designed by J Howard Morgan of Carmarthen following suggestions by the Mayor of Tenby, William Davies, building contractor, who also superintended the building, carried out by George Beynon, monumental mason, and Sydney Davies of Culver Park. The memorial stands some 6 metres high and cost £1,180.
Exterior
War Memorial, grey limestone and white marble, square-plan pedestal memorial in neo-classical style. On 3 steps, high plinth has ogee moulded base, moulded cornice and front inscription 'Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends'. Added marble plaques with names from 1939-1945 war. Tall main shaft has grey stone Ionic corner piers with bronze capitals and long marble panels between with names of the 1914-1918 dead on all 4 sides. Between capitals above plaques each side is grey stone short band with small bronze wreath. Full entablature above with deep frieze and dentil cornice. Top section is a recessed square with grey stone short corner piers framing white marble carved plaques with plain cornice over. Carved plaques have Tenby town arms, scrolls inscribed 'Requiescat in Pace', 'Gwell angau na chwilydd' and 'Their name liveth for evermore'. Topmost section has square angle blocks framing recessed low-gabled plinth to an incurved pedestal with bronze square capital and bronze flame.
Reason for designation
Included as a well-designed town war-memorial
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