Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pencader War Memorial
Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pencader, Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, Carmarthenshire, designated on 13 March 2003.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 13 March 2003
- Locality
- Pencader
- Community
- Llanfihangel-ar-Arth
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.00082, -4.26591
- Cadw reference
- 81002
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)
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 211 Newcastle Emlyn (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in the centre of the village at the junction of the B4459 with Station Road.
History
Probably erected in the 1920s and by E Jones, sculptor of Llanybydder (engraved on plinth). It was modified c1950 by adding a new red granite base with inscription.
Exterior
On a stepped concrete and Portland stone plinth, the top step of which was the base of the original memorial and bears the maker''''''''s inscription. A tapering square polished red-granite base has inscriptions in gold letters commemorating the fallen of the 1914-18 and 1939-45 wars. Above it is a Portland stone base to the statue of an infantryman.
Reason for designation
Listed for its social-historical interest and as a well-detailed memorial in a prominent location in the village.
Nearby in the register
- Yr Hen Gapel, including vestry and forecourt wallsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Castle PencaderMotteunder 1 mi
- Cwmgwen Farmhouse, with attached agricultural rangeDomesticunder 1 mi
- AvondaleIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.