War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 April 2003. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- stony-pediment-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Constituency
- Pontypridd MP: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 8 April 2003
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Ynysybwl, Ynysybwl and Coed-Y-Cwm, Rhondda Cynon Taff
- OS grid reference
- ST 060 942
- Coordinates
- 51.63878, -3.35949
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The War Memorial is a cenotaph made of Portland stone, featuring metal inscription plaques. It is situated within a small square enclosure formed by chains linking low stone obelisks on a stone base. The memorial has a tiered base that includes a plaque and a carved relief inscription honoring the dead of the Second World War. The main shaft displays a bronze plaque in shallow relief, which depicts soldiers standing by graves, positioned above the main inscription plaque and a carved relief inscription commemorating the dead of the Great War. On the narrower side panels, there are relief-carved wreathed swords depicted in a mourning position. The memorial is topped with a heavily moulded entablature and a wreath.
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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