The War Memorial and railings is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 July 1998. Memorial.
The War Memorial and railings
- WRENN ID
- young-rubble-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Llanelli MP: Dame Nia Griffith (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1998
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- The War Memorial and railings, Kidwelly/Cydweli, Kidwelly
- OS grid reference
- SN 406 069
- Coordinates
- 51.73875, -4.30854
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The War Memorial is a notable structure featuring a white marble statue of a soldier holding a reversed rifle, set on a large Portland stone pedestal. The entire memorial stands approximately 6.5 meters (20 feet) high. The pedestal is intricately designed with a moulded plinth beneath a raised broad band decorated with Greek key ornamentation, along with additional moulding both above and below. The shaft of the memorial is mostly plain, except for a carved laurel wreath on the front, which is positioned above name and date plaques. The top of the shaft is finished with a similar broad raised band of Greek key ornament. Surrounding the memorial is a contemporary railed enclosure that features upper finials and side gates.
Local climate
The War Memorial and railings sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,410 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 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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