The War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 6 August 2002. War memorial.
The War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- half-clay-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Gower MP: Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 6 August 2002
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- The War Memorial, Llwchwr
- OS grid reference
- SS 571 982
- Coordinates
- 51.66459, -4.06687
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The War Memorial is a Grade II listed structure featuring a polished granite column set on a pedestal that is raised on two steps. Each corner of the bottom step has a small octagonal obelisk. The pedestal has an ogee moulded base and displays a rectangular plaque on the front marked with the years 1914-1918. Each face of the pedestal features a raised panel, and there are bronze roundels affixed to it: the front roundel is inscribed with 'In memory of our glorious dead', the side roundels display the Prince of Wales feathers and the Welsh dragon, while the rear roundel features the arms of Loughor. The column itself has a moulded base and cap, with a bronze wreath attached. At the top, there is a glass globe held in a metal ring, topped with a spearhead finial.
Local climate
The War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,450 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 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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