War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 February 1995. Bridge. 1 related planning application.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lesser-gable-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torfaen
- Constituency
- Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1995
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- War Memorial, Blaenavon
- OS grid reference
- SO 251 088
- Coordinates
- 51.77286, -3.08617
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The War Memorial is an Art Deco style column constructed from Portland stone and built on a square base. It stands on a wide stone dais, which is surrounded by low iron railings. Each of the four sides of the column is similar, featuring stone panels. Three of these panels are inset with bronze plaques, while the southern panel has an additional small plaque below it. Above each panel, there are three vertical slots that are fitted with metal grills. The column tapers as it rises and is topped with a clock tower, which has a clock face on each side.
Local climate
War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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