Waunfawr War Memorial

Heritage listing

Reason for designation: Included as a well-designed First World War Memorial occupying a prominent position in the village street scene. History: Built in the 1920s to commemorate the men of Waunfawr who fought and died in the First World War. Exterior: Ashlar obelisk standing on square stone plinth with flight of 7 steps to front, the whole on a paved base with a low wall and iron gates and railings to front. The obelisk itself is of rectangular section with moulded plinth and shallow pyramidal top surmounted by a cross and flanking mortar shells. Immediately below the cross are the usual metal poppy wreath surmounted by 2 demi-figures of service men and below again the inscription "EV/ HABERTH/ UCHAF/ YN Y/ RHYFEL/ MAWR/ MCMXIV". The names of the fallen are commemorated on a rectangular brass plate set in a pedimented panel to the obelisk s plinth, with below a smaller plate to those who died in the Second World War. Location: Situated on the north-east side of the main road (A 4085) running through Waunfawr a little to the south-east of the T-junction with the road leading to the village school.

From Cadw under OGL v3.