War Memorial in Parc Briallu is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 January 2004. Memorial.
War Memorial in Parc Briallu
- WRENN ID
- narrow-spire-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Neath and Swansea East MP: Carolyn Harris (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 16 January 2004
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- War Memorial in Parc Briallu, Peniel Green, Llansamlet
- OS grid reference
- SS 696 975
- Coordinates
- 51.66117, -3.88584
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The War Memorial in Parc Briallu is a granite square memorial dating from the early 20th century. It features a tall main shaft made of polished brown granite that is slightly tapered, with names inscribed in raised letters. Above the shaft is a neo-Grec frieze crafted from matt silver-grey marble, topped with a flat granite cap that splayed outward and is adorned with acanthus leaf ornamentation at the rounded angles. The base is also made of matt silver-grey marble and is chamfered on a plinth.
On the left side of the main shaft, the word 'FRANCE' is displayed along with 51 names, while the right side lists a further 22 names along with the locations of death. The front of the memorial bears the dates '1914-1918', the inscription 'ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION', and the dedication 'TO THE SACRED MEMORY OF THOSE BRAVE MEN FROM LLANSAMLET WHO DURING THE GREAT WAR GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY'. Below this, it includes the Welsh phrase 'BUONT FEIRW ER I NI GAEL BYW', and notes that it was unveiled by Colonel S. Watts Morgan M.P. CBE DSO on January 7, 1922, with Mr. Richard Rees of Elm Cottage serving as the chairman of the committee.
Local climate
War Memorial in Parc Briallu sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 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 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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