South African War Memorial in front of The Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 April 1974. Monument.
South African War Memorial in front of The Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- last-kitchen-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 1 April 1974
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- South African War Memorial in front of The Town Hall, Usk
- OS grid reference
- SO 375 005
- Coordinates
- 51.70033, -2.9047
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The South African War Memorial, located in front of The Town Hall, is a commemorative structure. It features a tooled stone base and a round grey marble column that tapers from a plinth to a tiered cornice, topped with an urn. There is an incised inscription on the column that faces the street to the north. The memorial is set within a small enclosure surrounded by iron railings.
Local climate
South African War Memorial in front of The Town Hall receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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