Great War Memorial in Gardens at the Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 March 1992. War memorial.
Great War Memorial in Gardens at the Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- lone-tallow-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Llanelli MP: Dame Nia Griffith (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1992
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Great War Memorial in Gardens at the Town Hall, Llanelli
- OS grid reference
- SN 504 003
- Coordinates
- 51.6821, -4.16425
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Great War Memorial is located in the gardens at the Town Hall. It features a single stone step leading to a curved-fronted grey granite base, which is inscribed with "To the glorious memory of the men of Llanelly" and "Teyrnged Llanelli i'w gwroniaid." The monument includes a sculpted plinth that is broken forward and adorned with a heavily carved laurel festoon, supporting a bronze depiction of a soldier and an artilleryman at ease, both life-size, against a bronze back panel. The granite rear wall has a splayed foot and a heavy capstone, which is inscribed with "Pro Patria 1914-1919 - 1939-1945."
The bronze sculpture is signed by W Goscombe John RA and was cast by A B Burton, a bronzefounder from Thames Ditton, Surrey. The memorial was unveiled on 27 October 1923 by Major General S F Mott, the commander of the 53rd Welsh Division. Originally, it was situated opposite the Town Hall but was later relocated due to road widening.
Local climate
Great War Memorial in Gardens at the Town Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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