Cenotaph (including area Walls and Steps)
A Grade II Listed Building in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan
Coordinates
Latitude: 51.4045 / 51°24'16"N
Longitude: -3.2749 / 3°16'29"W
OS Eastings: 311413
OS Northings: 168048
OS Grid: ST114680
Mapcode National: GBR HT.QLYJ
Mapcode Global: VH6FK.6Y0P
Plus Code: 9C3RCP3G+R2
Entry Name: Cenotaph (including area Walls and Steps)
Listing Date: 30 March 1995
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 15887
Building Class: Commemorative
ID on this website: 300015887
Location: To E of main entrance to Memorial Hall.
County: Vale of Glamorgan
Community: Barry (Y Barri)
Community: Barry
Built-Up Area: Barry
Traditional County: Glamorgan
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Cenotaph
History
Unveiled November 1932; probably by E R Hinchsliff, borough surveyor.
Exterior
Reconstituted stone war memorial with inscriptions "In proud memory of the men of Barry who fell in the Great War, 1914-1918, 1939-1945", "For freedom". Central core of truncated tapering obelisk has, to each side, narrower vertical plain panel stepped down; panels on base with inscriptions in Welsh and English. Cenotaph set within slightly raised octagonal area bounded by low walls with steps between.
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