List of public art in Bridgend County Borough

Map of Wales with Bridgend County Borough highlighted

This is a list of public art in Bridgend County Borough in south Wales. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and does not, for example, include artworks in museums.

Aberkenfig

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Aberkenfig 2010 Inscribed monolith Granite [1]


Blackmill

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Blackmill 1920 Pillar Granite and sandstone Grade II Q29496088 [2][3]


Bridgend

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Randell Memorial Drinking Fountain Court Road, Bridgend 1860 JW Hugall Spirelet with fountain Stone and marble Grade II [4]
War memorial St Illtyd's Church, Newcastle 1920 Calvary Stone [5]
War memorial Dunraven Place, Bridgend c.1920s Walter Cook, HH Martyn & Co. Obelisk with statue Portland stone 7m tall Grade II Q29489758 [6][7][8]
War memorial St Mary's church hall, Coity, Bridgend 1923 Moses Harding Celtic cross Cornish granite 3.3m tall [9]
Gorsedd stone Bridgend 1947 Monolith Stone Erected for the 1947 National Eisteddfod of Wales with a plaque added to mark the 1997 event.


Caerau

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Village Square, Caerau Cenotaph Stone [10]


Cefn Cribwr

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Bach Mynydd Common, Cefn Cribwr 2013 Naomi Leake Celtic cross Stone [11][12]


Kenfig Hill

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Kenfig Hill 1925 Louis Frederick Roslyn Statue on column Bronze and granite Grade II Q29496610 [13][14]


Pencoed

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Pencoed 1924 William Storr Barber Statue on pedestal Stone Grade II Q29496875 [15][16]


Pontycymer

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial The Memorial Hall, Pontycymer Tablet and plinth Stone [17]


Porthcawl

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial All Saint's churchyard, Porthcawl 1921 W Clarke Plinth and cross Portland stone 5.2m high [18]


Llangynwyd

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
The Hopcyn cross Llangynwyd 1927-28 Christopher Williams Cross on steps Granite Grade II Q29497769 [19]
War memorial Llangynwyd Celtic cross Marble


Maesteg

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial St David's Church, Maesteg 1926 Louis Frederick Roslyn Statue group on plinth Bronze and granite 6m high Grade II Q29495986 [20][21]


References

  1. ^ "War Memorials Register: Aberkenfig - Stone of Remembrance". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. ^ Cadw. "War Memorial (18606)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  3. ^ "War Memorials Register: Blackmill". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  4. ^ Cadw. "Randell Memorial Drinking Fountain (11301)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  5. ^ "War Memorials Register: St Illtyd's Parishioners". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  6. ^ Cadw. "War memorial (11273)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  7. ^ "War Memorials Register: Bridgend". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Bridgend war memorial". historypoints.org. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  9. ^ "War Memorials Register: Coity". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  10. ^ "War Memorials Register: Caerau Maesteg Cenotaph". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  11. ^ "War Memorials Register: Cefn Cribwr Community". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Celtic cross dedicated to Bridgend village's war dead". BBC News. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  13. ^ Cadw. "Kenfig Hill War Memorial (19176)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  14. ^ "War Memorials Register: Kenfig Hill and Pyle". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  15. ^ Cadw. "War Memorial and Railings (19479)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  16. ^ "War Memorials Register: Pencoed". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  17. ^ "War Memorials Register: Garw Valley". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  18. ^ "War Memorials Register: Porthcawl Cross". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  19. ^ Cadw. "The Hopcyn Cross (20429)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  20. ^ Cadw. "Cenotaph (18497)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  21. ^ "War Memorials Register: Maesteg Servicemen Statue". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 June 2020.