War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 September 1985. War memorial.

War Memorial

WRENN ID
upper-bonework-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 September 1985
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial, Llandrindod Wells
OS grid reference
SO 060 611
Coordinates
52.24044, -3.37747
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The War Memorial features a stepped granite plinth and a tapering pedestal topped with a cornice. It supports a full-height bronze figure of a soldier in military uniform holding an inverted rifle. The memorial commemorates the Great War, with inset lettering, and includes an inscription for the 2nd World War below.

Local climate

War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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