The War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 6 August 2001. War memorial.
The War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- fallen-pavement-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 6 August 2001
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- The War Memorial, Llanboidy, Whitland
- OS grid reference
- SN 216 232
- Coordinates
- 51.87891, -4.59223
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The War Memorial is a Grade II listed structure made of grey granite. It takes the form of a tall classical stele or pedestal type memorial, featuring a moulded cornice and a shallow gabled gap adorned with neo-Grec anthemion ornament at the front. The front of the main shaft displays a small raised plaque at the top that reads 'Our Glorious Dead', along with a long raised plaque listing the names of the fallen, which has a lower edge that curves over a high-relief carved wreath. The sides of the memorial are decorated with raised channelled pilasters that terminate at caps just below the cornice level. The plinth has rebated angles, with the sides featuring coved bases on bull-nose mouldings that correspond to the pilasters. The front also includes an inscribed plaque that states 'Lest we forget...'. The memorial is set on a stepped base consisting of three concrete steps.
Local climate
The War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% 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 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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