Kenfig Hill War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Bridgend local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 January 1998. Shelter. 2 related planning applications.

Kenfig Hill War Memorial

WRENN ID
dusted-corbel-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bridgend
Constituency
Aberafan Maesteg MP: Stephen Kinnock (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
2 January 1998
Type
Shelter
Address
Kenfig Hill War Memorial, Cynffig, Pyle, CF33 6DW
OS grid reference
SS 837 829
Coordinates
51.53324, -3.67802
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Kenfig Hill War Memorial is constructed from pale grey fine-grained granite. It features a Tuscan column that stands on a panelled die and base, topped with a stilted ball finial and a bronze figure of a winged victory. The figure has one hand raised with a wreath and the other holding a baton. Each of the four sides of the die has bronze panels inscribed with the names of 36 local men who died in the Great War. Additionally, a mottled granite monument shaped like an open book has been added on the west side of the base, displaying the names of another 36 men lost during the 1939-45 conflict.

Local climate

Kenfig Hill 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
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