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Latitude: 51.6062 / 51°36'22"N
Longitude: -3.2306 / 3°13'50"W
OS Eastings: 314876
OS Northings: 190419
OS Grid: ST148904
Mapcode National: GBR HW.B03F
Mapcode Global: VH6DL.YWHL
Plus Code: 9C3RJQ49+FQ
Entry Name: Llanbradach War Memorial
Listing Date: 23 July 1999
Last Amended: 23 July 1999
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 22102
Building Class: Commemorative
ID on this website: 300022102
Location: Located in the centre of the village, opposite the site of the demolished parish church, with the recreation ground behind.
County: Caerphilly
Community: Llanbradach and Pwllypant (Llanbradach a Phwll-y-pant)
Community: Llanbradach and Pwllypant
Locality: Llanbradach
Built-Up Area: Llanbradach
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: War memorial
Comprising a figure sculpture on a tall pedestal. Above a square stepped plinth is a tall Portland stone pedestal with a projecting moulded cornice below the top, surmounted by the marble figure of a classically-robed female bearing a crucifix, and her right hand raised in blessing. The obelisk has a legend dedicated to the fatalities from Llanbradach in the 1914-18 war engraved in black letters, their names added to the side and rear faces. The plinth has an added legend engraved in black letters to the dead of the 1939-45 war.
The memorial is surrounded by cast iron railings, which form an ambulatory around the back of the memorial. The end and intermediate posts have ball finials, while the outer railings terminate in square piers of coursed rock-faced stone.
Listed for its social historical importance and as a fine example of memorial sculpture in a prominent location.
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