War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 May 2002. Memorial.

War Memorial

WRENN ID
lesser-hall-yew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Cardiff South and Penarth MP: Stephen Doughty (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
3 May 2002
Type
Memorial
Address
War Memorial, Dinas Powys, Cardiff
OS grid reference
ST 153 712
Coordinates
51.43428, -3.21961
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The War Memorial is a plain tapered pier made of coursed rock-faced stone, standing on a wide plinth with a top surface of random-set stone. It features cast metal plaques that list the names of the deceased, topped by a metal wreath on the main south elevation.

Local climate

War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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