War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 February 2003. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- deep-beam-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Constituency
- Pontypridd MP: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 18 February 2003
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Cwmpennar, Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taff
- OS grid reference
- ST 044 998
- Coordinates
- 51.68888, -3.38406
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The War Memorial is located in a wooded glade, overlooking the Cynon valley and the town of Mountain Ash. It features a copper alloy figure sculpture mounted on a rectangular granite pier with a battered plinth, which is set on three shallow steps. Each face of the pier has a recessed rectangular metal bas-relief depicting figures representing the Army, Navy, Airforce, and a nurse, all in mourning positions with their arms reversed. Below these bas-reliefs are applied metal lettering inscription panels. At the top of the pier stands a life-size statue of a female martial figure in classical costume, holding a weapon, with the representation of a defeated enemy beneath her feet.
Local climate
War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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