The War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 July 1999. Monument.

The War Memorial

WRENN ID
tangled-rubble-yew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 July 1999
Type
Monument
Address
The War Memorial, Llansadwrn, Llanwrda
OS grid reference
SN 694 314
Coordinates
51.96602, -3.90118
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The War Memorial is a Grade II listed structure made of grey granite, designed in a classical style. It features a square base with a moulded plinth and a polished square shaft that has battered sides. Above the shaft are two polished square blocks, topped by a bulbous pyramidal cap. The cap, plinth, base, and the rebated rounded edges of the polished blocks have a matt tooled finish. The square base includes a coved upper moulding, while the plinth has a thin square base, an upper cove, and an ogee profiled main section. The battered shaft is inscribed with the names of the deceased, and the upper polished block features inscriptions along with etched military and funerary motifs. The heavy bulbous pyramid capstone is adorned with acanthus leaves at the angles. Surrounding the memorial is a stone coping with iron railings arranged in an interlinked oval pattern.

Local climate

The War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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