Pedestal and Statue of Lord Merthyr in Aberdare Park is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 January 1991. Statue.

Pedestal and Statue of Lord Merthyr in Aberdare Park

WRENN ID: endless-basalt-harvest
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Country: Wales
Date first listed: 10 January 1991
Type: Statue
Source: Cadw listing

Description

Pale grey granite square pedestal with cornice; stepped out to base and set on a square platform. Bronze statue of the standing, bearded Lord Merthyr holding an unrolled parchment; behind him a cloak is draped over a small pillar with book and miner's lamp. Welsh and English inscriptions partly eroded.

Identical to the earlier statue of Lord Merthyr (then Sir W T Lewis) by the same sculptor in Merthyr outside St Tydfil's Hospital.

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