Pedestal and Statue of Lord Merthyr in Aberdare Park, Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7178 / 51°43'4"N

Longitude: -3.4537 / 3°27'13"W

OS Eastings: 299675

OS Northings: 203120

OS Grid: SN996031

Mapcode National: GBR HK.2XPT

Mapcode Global: VH6D3.321Y

Plus Code: 9C3RPG9W+4G

Entry Name: Pedestal and Statue of Lord Merthyr in Aberdare Park

Listing Date: 10 January 1991

Last Amended: 10 January 1991

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 10885

Building Class: Commemorative

ID on this website: 300010885

Location: Situated near the main entrance, at the SE end of Aberdare Park; at the top end of a T-shaped pond.

County: Rhondda Cynon Taff

Community: Aberdare (Aberdâr)

Community: Aberdare West

Locality: Trecynon

Built-Up Area: Aberdare

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Statue

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History

Dated l9l2 and signed by Thomas Brock RA, sculptor of London. Unveiled l0tháJanuaryál913; the pond was created around the statue sometime between 1956 and 1968 (see old photographs).

Exterior

Pale grey granite square pedestal with cornice; stepped out to base and set on a square platform. Bronze statue of the standing, bearded Lord Merthyr holding an unrolled parchment; behind him a cloak is draped over a small pillar with book and miner's lamp. Welsh and English inscriptions partly eroded.

Identical to the earlier statue of Lord Merthyr (then Sir W T Lewis) by the same sculptor in Merthyr outside St Tydfil's Hospital.

Reasons for Listing

Group value with other listed items in Aberdare Park.

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Pedestal and Statue of Lord Merthyr in Aberdare Park

A Grade II Listed Building in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff