Welsh National War Memorial is a Grade II* listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 January 1966. House.
Welsh National War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- second-flint-peregrine
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth MP: Stephen Doughty (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- Welsh National War Memorial, Castle
- OS grid reference
- ST 181 770
- Coordinates
- 51.48657, -3.18042
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Welsh National War Memorial is a significant structure featuring a circular colonnade made up of unfluted Corinthian columns, which includes three projecting rectangular porticos. The frieze displays an inscription in English on the exterior and in Welsh on the interior. Each portico is gated with brass gates and is accessed by three short flights of steps that lead down to a circular area. In the center of this space is a circular fountain basin, which supports a three-sided podium. The lower section of the podium is rectangular, while the upper section is circular, with projecting columns that reflect the shape of the outer colonnade. Internally, the base of the colonnade is lined with stone seats. The three bays of the upper podium feature three bronze statues of servicemen, each representing one of the three military services and holding wreaths. Atop the column is a bronze statue of a nude male figure symbolizing victory, accompanied by bronze dolphins below.
Local climate
Welsh National War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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