Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Whitchurch War Memorial
Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Whitchurch, Cardiff, designated on 31 May 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 31 May 2002
- Locality
- Whitchurch
- Town
- Cardiff
- Community
- Whitchurch
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.51601, -3.22514
- Cadw reference
- 26714
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)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (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
In the garden outside Whitchurch Library.
History
Erection date uncertain, but probably early 1920s.
Exterior
Granite obelisk on a plinth and standing on five square diminishing granite steps. The obelisk carries on the front an inscription 'IN PROUD & HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF WHITCHURCH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 SEMPER FIDELIS 1030-1945', and on the sides and rear the names of the fallen. The obelisk is surmounted by the bronze figure of an infantryman standing with reversed arms.
Reason for designation
Included as a good memorial from WWI having group value with the adjacent Whitchurch Library.
Nearby in the register
- Whitchurch Free LibraryEducationunder 1 mi
- The LaurelsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Six GablesDomesticunder 1 mi
- Octagonal Shelter in Grounds to south-south-east of Whitchurch HospitalHealth and Welfareunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.