Guard Rail & Steps at Merthyr Tydfil War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Merthyr Tydfil local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 13 January 1988. War memorial.
Guard Rail & Steps at Merthyr Tydfil War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- silent-eave-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare MP: Gerald Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1988
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Guard Rail & Steps at Merthyr Tydfil War Memorial, Pontmorlais, Park
- OS grid reference
- SO 050 066
- Coordinates
- 51.75021, -3.37687
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Guard Rail and Steps at Merthyr Tydfil War Memorial is a tall niche made of Portland stone, featuring a moulded arched top, tapering sides, and a stepped base with pedestals on either side. At the center is a bronze figure representing one of the Three Fates, who is depicted bearing or measuring the Web of Life. This figure stands on a pedestal adorned with war trophies. Flanking the central figure are two standing figures: one of a miner and another of a woman carrying a child.
A curved flight of steps leads down to a bronze guardrail, dating from around 1930, which features a classical torch motif. Additionally, there are ironwork urns on the front wall.
Local climate
Guard Rail & Steps at Merthyr Tydfil War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% 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 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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