Welch Regimental War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 February 2001. War memorial.
Welch Regimental War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- high-pilaster-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Constituency
- Pontypridd MP: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 February 2001
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Welch Regimental War Memorial, Coed-Pen-Maen Common, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff
- OS grid reference
- ST 077 903
- Coordinates
- 51.60397, -3.33277
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Welch Regimental War Memorial is a tall obelisk made of coursed rock-faced sandstone, standing on a deep square base and a stepped stone plinth. It features polished granite inscription panels. On the west side of the base, which overlooks the town, there is a large panel dedicated to the Great War, while smaller panels on the other faces commemorate regimental campaigns in Palestine, Egypt, and Gallipoli. Below the main panel, there is a smaller panel dedicated to the Second World War. The base is adorned with a moulded freestone cornice. The west face of the obelisk also has a large inscription panel that includes the regimental badge in relief.
The memorial is situated on a square raised platform surrounded by a dwarf rock-faced retaining wall, which is topped with cast iron railings and double gates. There are approach steps leading to the west side. An outer fence made of galvanised metal features original cast iron double gates that bear the inscription "The fifth battalion the Welch Regiment."
Local climate
Welch Regimental War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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