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
Country
Wales
Date first listed
25 April 2000
Type
War memorial
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Narrow tapering polygonal shaft of limestone bearing a Celtic cross. Moulded shaft ring near top. On a square base with chamfered angles and top edges. The base rests on a 3-tier platform; the lower 2 tiers are of rubble stone capped with slabs. Within a small square enclosure. Low walls to N and W, churchyard wall to E and park boundary wall to S.

An inscription on the N (front) face of the base is dedicated to those who died in the 1st World War (1914-18). Their names are listed below. A further inscription on the W face begins '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, Vicar of Margam for 41 years and chaplain to the territorial force. A stone attached to the face of the central tier of the platform commemorates 3 men who died in World War II (1939-45).

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