St Athan War Memorial, St. Athan (Sain Tathan), Vale of Glamorgan

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3986 / 51°23'55"N

Longitude: -3.4134 / 3°24'48"W

OS Eastings: 301767

OS Northings: 167571

OS Grid: ST017675

Mapcode National: GBR HM.R240

Mapcode Global: VH6FN.S39M

Plus Code: 9C3R9HXP+FJ

Entry Name: St Athan War Memorial

Listing Date: 3 September 2004

Last Amended: 3 September 2004

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 83126

Building Class: Commemorative

Also known as: St Athan War Memorial

ID on this website: 300083126

Location: At the junction of the B4285 and Gileston Road.

County: Vale of Glamorgan

Town: Barry

Community: St. Athan (Sain Tathan)

Community: St. Athan

Locality: St Athan

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: War memorial

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History

c1920 memorial to WWI.

Exterior

Portland stone ashlar. Memorial in the shape of a square pillar on a moulded base standing on three stone steps and a stone plat. The pillar has entasis and rises to a dentil cornice and moulded projecting capping which carries a ball on a swept peak. The south face to the road has an arched tabernacle with an inscription to the fallen of both World Wars and the wording 'THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISHES OF ST. ATHAN, FLEMINGSTONE, GILESTON AND EGLWYSBREWIS'. Below the taberbnacle there is an inscription in Welsh. The steps are surrounded by a square of late C20 steel railings.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its special interest as a well designed war memorial in a prominent location.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

I Church of St Athan
In the centre of St Athan village.
II Kitchen Garden Wall of Gileston Manor
Lining the east side of the road opposite the boundaries of Gileston Manor and the Churchyard of the Church of St Giles.
II Stable Block of Gileston Manor
About 25m north of the Church of St Giles.
II Anonymous Monument with railings in Churchyard of St Athan
About 20m north-west of the tower of the Church of St Athan.
II Pigsty at Gileston Manor
In the home paddock about 100m north of Gileston Manor.
II Cheesehouse at Gileston Manor
About 20m north of the Church of St Giles.
II* Church of St Giles
In the centre of Gileston village and immediately to the east of Gileston Manor.
II The Old Rectory (aka Balfour House)
Immediately on the north side of the Churchyard of the Church of St Athan.

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St Athan War Memorial

A Grade II Listed Building in St. Athan (Sain Tathan), Vale of Glamorgan