Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Memorial Clock
Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taff, designated on 12 December 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 12 December 2002
- Locality
- Abercynon
- Community
- Abercynon
- Unitary authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.64617, -3.32840
- Cadw reference
- 80761
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)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1963 · Map No. 13 - Local Government Commission for Wales : [Definitive maps showing proposed… (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
In the town centre, facing down Walter Street, at the centre of the street grid; in a recess formed by the railings fronting the Infants School onto which it backs.
History
Erected 1922 to commemorate the dead of the First World War 1914-1918. Plaques listing names from the Second World War added 1946.
Exterior
Town clock and war memorial. Built of cream limestone with metal fittings. A tower with a domed roof, detached fluted corner columns beside the panels, a clock in each face, standing on a rusticated plinth, on two steps. The column capitals have small paterae and the entablature above has a pierced motif to the frieze and billet moulding to the cornice. Each clock face has Roman numerals, is surrounded by a wreath and set at the top of a panel with raised moulded borders. The main incised inscription faces the town with added metal plates recording the dead of the Second World War. On top is a weathervane and at corners metal torches, two of which retain their flame-shaped glass shades. At rear is a doorway giving access to the clock.
Reason for designation
Listed as a war memorial of definite quality and character in a prominent town position.
Nearby in the register
- Taff Vale Railway Bridge at AbercynonNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Lock HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Quakers Yard Railway ViaductTransport1 mi
- Greenfield Bridge, Penydarren TramroadTransport1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.