Kenfig Hill War Memorial
A Grade II Listed Building in Pyle, Bridgend
Coordinates
Latitude: 51.5332 / 51°31'59"N
Longitude: -3.678 / 3°40'40"W
OS Eastings: 283707
OS Northings: 182927
OS Grid: SS837829
Mapcode National: GBR H8.GMKT
Mapcode Global: VH5H9.6QGH
Plus Code: 9C3RG8MC+7R
Entry Name: Kenfig Hill War Memorial
Listing Date: 2 January 1998
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 19176
Building Class: Commemorative
ID on this website: 300019176
Location: The memorial stands as a traffic island at the junction of Princes Road and Commercial Road, known as 'top cross', at the centre of Kenfig Hill.
County: Bridgend
Town: Cynffig
Community: Pyle (Y Pîl)
Community: Pyle
Locality: Kenfig Hill
Built-Up Area: Pyle
Traditional County: Glamorgan
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War memorial
History
Erected in 1925 to commemorate the dead of two world wars.
Exterior
Constructed with pale grey fine-grained granite. A Tuscan column raised on a panelled die and base, carrying a stilted ball finial surmounted by a bronze figure of a winged victory, her hand upraised with a wreath, the other holding a baton. Bronze panels applied on each of the four sides of the die are inscribed with the names of the 36 dead of the community fallen in the Great War. A mottled granite monument in the form of an open book has been added on the W side of the base, displaying the names of a further 36 men lost in 1939-45.
Reasons for Listing
Included as a handsomely proportioned and finely executed monument.
External Links
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