War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 August 1996. House.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- other-pilaster-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Constituency
- Rhondda and Ogmore MP: Chris Bryant (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 1 August 1996
- Type
- House
- Address
- War Memorial, Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taff
- OS grid reference
- ST 024 913
- Coordinates
- 51.61235, -3.4103
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The limestone war memorial features a three-sided recess that extends over the river, accessed by four steps from the pavement, with the monument positioned in the center. The walls are adorned with relief swags, and the rear wall displays inscriptions in Welsh on the left and English on the right, honoring the men of Porth and District who lost their lives in the Great War from 1914 to 1918. The front piers facing the road are decorated with relief wreaths. The cenotaph includes a long two-sided inscription panel listing the names of the deceased. Above this panel, between two moulded cornices, is a relief cross encircled by a wreath. The inscription on the right side reads "Our glorious dead," while the left side features the Welsh phrase "Mewn Anghof ni Chant Fod." Additionally, a black marble plaque commemorating those who died in the Second World War has been added to the right. The gates are a later addition.
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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