War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 April 2000. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sombre-doorway-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Constituency
- Aberafan Maesteg MP: Stephen Kinnock (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 25 April 2000
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Margam
- OS grid reference
- SS 801 862
- Coordinates
- 51.56271, -3.73111
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The War Memorial features a narrow, tapering polygonal shaft made of limestone, topped with a Celtic cross. There is a moulded shaft ring near the top. The memorial stands on a square base with chamfered angles and top edges, which rests on a three-tier platform. The lower two tiers are constructed of rubble stone and capped with slabs. It is situated within a small square enclosure, surrounded by low walls to the north and west, a churchyard wall to the east, and a park boundary wall to the south.
An inscription on the northern (front) face of the base honors those who died in the First World War (1914-18), with their names listed below. A further inscription on the western face begins with the words, "They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old ...". The upper tier of the platform is dedicated to the memory of Z. Paynter Williamson (1848-1921), who served as the Vicar of Margam for 41 years and was chaplain to the territorial force. Additionally, a stone attached to the face of the central tier of the platform commemorates three men who died in the Second World War (1939-45).
Local climate
War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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