St Athan War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 September 2004. War memorial.

St Athan War Memorial

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
3 September 2004
Type
War memorial
Address
St Athan War Memorial, Barry
OS grid reference
ST 017 675
Coordinates
51.39864, -3.41346
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The St Athan War Memorial is a Grade II listed structure made of Portland stone ashlar. It takes the form of a square pillar set on a moulded base, which stands on three stone steps and a stone platform. The pillar features entasis and rises to a dentil cornice, topped with a moulded projecting capping that supports a ball on a swept peak. On the south face facing the road, there is an arched tabernacle that bears an inscription honoring those who fell in both World Wars, along with the wording, "THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISHES OF ST. ATHAN, FLEMINGSTONE, GILESTON AND EGLWYSBREWIS." Below the tabernacle, there is an inscription in Welsh. The steps are enclosed by a square of late 20th century steel railings.

Local climate

St Athan War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% 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 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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