War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 October 2000. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- spare-lintel-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Constituency
- Rhondda and Ogmore MP: Chris Bryant (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 October 2000
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Tonyrefail, Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taff
- OS grid reference
- SS 997 881
- Coordinates
- 51.58287, -3.44761
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The War Memorial features a white marble statue of a winged Victory, which is supported by a tapering pier made of polished dark grey granite. This pier stands on a three-tiered base, with each tier having a chamfered top edge and a stepped, moulded capstone. The names of the fallen are inscribed in gold lettering on all four sides of the pier. On the front (south) side, there is an inscription reading "1914 - 1918," and the top tier of the base bears the words "To the everlasting memory of those who fell in the Great War." A small bronze wreath is affixed to the bottom tier of the base.
The pier is enclosed within a small square area formed by polished granite kerb stones set on edge, with upright granite slabs at the cut-away angles and an additional slab on the north side. The south kerb of the enclosure features the inscription "1939 - 1945" and "To the memory of those who fell in the Second World War." The names of those who died are also listed on the four slabs at the angles, with the north slab dedicated to those who died in action in conflicts after the Second World War.
Local climate
War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 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 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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