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Radyr Allegory
Town or City: Cardiff
County: South Glamorgan
Country: Wales
WMT Reference Number: WM10521
Value of grant: £440.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: WMT Grant Scheme
Year: 2017
UKNIWM reference number: 2011
Radyr war memorial is located at the junction of Heol Isaf and Kings Road in Radyr, Cardiff. It is a limestone pillar on a two-stepped base. Atop stands a bronze sculpture allegory of Victory, a female figure holding a torch and wreath. On a platform near the base is a bronze cross with a kneeling winged child. The incised inscription commemorates those who died and those who served in World War I and II. It is a Grade II listed structure.
In 2017, a grant of £440 was awarded from War Memorials Trust Grants Scheme alongside a larger grant of £4,291 from Cadw's Grants for War Memorial scheme. The funding supported steam cleaning to make the inscriptions legible, re-pointing with lime mortar,
filling of drill holes in the lettering and waxing of the bronze to protect it. As part of the In Memoriam 2014 initiative SmartWater was applied to deter theft.
The memorial was constructed in 1920/21 by W. Clarke of Llandaff, Cardiff. It was designed by a sculptor named Turner ARA and is a prototype of that erected at Northampton. It cost £500 and £185 for fixing. It was unveiled by the Earl of Plymouth in 1921.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM10521
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 2011
War Memorials Online: 120541
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
