South African War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 May 1981. Memorial. 3 related planning applications.
South African War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- odd-moulding-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1981
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- South African War Memorial, Guildhall Square, Carmarthen, SA31 1PR
- OS grid reference
- SN 411 200
- Coordinates
- 51.85628, -4.30741
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The South African War Memorial is a Grade II listed structure featuring a white marble standing figure of a soldier atop a tall pedestal made of Forest sandstone and red Aberdeen granite. The pedestal includes a chamfered plinth with diagonal wings that support large scrolled buttresses leading to a sandstone base with a cornice above. Framing the polished red granite plaque, which reads: "To the honoured memory of her sons who died during the war in South Africa, 1899-1902, Carmarthenshire dedicated this memorial. Gwell Angau na Gwarth," are pink unpolished granite pilasters with sandstone capitals and a deep cornice. The cornice is adorned with a pulvinated frieze and modillions. The statue itself rests on a red granite plinth, with one foot raised on a cannon and a sword held in one hand. Surrounding the base are sandstone obelisk pillars and iron chains.
Local climate
South African War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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