War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 November 1987. Memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sacred-dormer-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ceredigion
- Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1987
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Aberystwyth
- OS grid reference
- SN 578 816
- Coordinates
- 52.4139, -4.09101
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The War Memorial is a 65-foot high structure designed by Mario Rutelli of Rome, who also created two other works in the town. It features a polygonal, partly dressed rubble design with a tapered stem that has bands and a cushioned base. This base rests on a broader two-tier ‘sarcophagus’ with quoins and copper tablets that commemorate the two world wars. The lower stage is broadly splayed and includes alternating ramps and steps, possibly influenced by Goscombe John's memorial in Port Sunlight. At the top, there is a lead statue of the winged Victory standing on a globe. The stem displays tall, thin wreaths on alternating sides, and on the west face's base, there is a striking figurehead sculpture of a nude lady with a foliage backdrop, symbolizing Humanity emerging from the effects of war, which rests on a pedestal featuring a Great War Medallion. The memorial also includes plaques in both Welsh and English on the stem.
Local climate
War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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