This is a list of public art in Neath Port Talbot in south Wales. Neath Port Talbot is a county borough and one of the unitary authority areas of 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.
Bryn
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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War memorial | Bryn | Obelisk | Red granite |
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Cadoxton
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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War memorial | Cadoxton-juxta-Neath | 1922 | Celtic cross on stepped base | Stone | [1]
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Clyne
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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War memorial | Clyne | 1922 | Celtic cross on stepped base | Stone |
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Cwmafan
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Statue | Forest trail overlooking Cwmafan | 2010 | Steel statues with sound | Steel | Depicts local actors Rob Brydon and Richard Burton and the head ranger of Afan Forest Park, Dick Wagstaff.[2]
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Margam
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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War memorial | St Mary's Abbey Church churchyard, Margam | c.1920s | Polygonal cross | Stone | Grade II | Q29500414 | [3][4]
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Neath
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Statue of Howel Gwyn | Victoria Gardens, Neath | 1889 | Mario Raggi | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and granite | 5.48m high | [5] | ||
Gorsedd stones | Victoria Gardens, Neath | 1918 | Stone circle | Stone | Erected to mark the 1918 National Eisteddfod of Wales | |||||
Gnoll Gates war memorial | Gnoll Estate County Park, Neath | c.1921 | Gates and pillars with plaques | Iron, marble & stone with gilded scrollwork | Grade II | Q29490159 | [6][7] | |||
Spanish Civil War Memorial | Victoria Gardens, Neath | 1994 | Incised monolith | Stone | [8] | |||||
War Memorial | Gnoll Country Park | Tablet and plinth | Stone | [9]
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Pontardawe
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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War memorial | Junction of Holly Street & Herbert St., Pontardawe | 1923 | Ernest E Morgan | Obelisk with plaques | Granite and bronze | 7m high | Grade II | Q29504259 | [10][11]
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Port Talbot
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Port Talbot War Memorial | Memorial Park, Port Talbot | 1925 | Louis Frederick Roslyn | Statue on pedestal with relief plaques | Bronze and granite | Grade II* | Q17740925 | [12][13] | |
Byass Works War Memorial | Vivian Park, Port Talbot | Pillar with circle cross | Concrete | Grade II | Q29500015 | Erected by Robert B Byass & Company.[14][15] | ||||
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The Man of Steel | Port Talbot | Sebastien Boyesen | Statue on column | Steel | [16] | ||||
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The Mortal Coil | Port Talbot | 2002 | Sebastien Boyesen | Statue & sculpture | Bronze | [16] | |||
Kite Tail sculpture | Aberavon Beach, Port Talbot | 2007 | Andrew Rowe | Abstract sculpture | Steel | 12m high | [17]
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Resolven
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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War memorial | Village Centre, Resolven | 1925 | Obelisk | Stone | [18]
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Seven Sisters
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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War memorial | Seven Sisters | 1921 | Statue on plinth | Marble and granite | Grade II | Q29504818 | [19][20]
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Tonna
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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War memorial | Grounds of St Anne's Church, Tonna | Inscribed plaque and wall | Marble and stone | [21]
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References
edit- ^ "War Memorials Register: Cadoxton and Rhyddings". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Brydon and Burton's steel sculpture on cycle trail". BBC News. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ Cadw. "War memorial (23270)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: St Mary Cross". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Core Record: Statue of Howel Gwyn". vads. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ Cadw. "War memorial gates (11784)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Neath". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Neath in the Spanish Civil War - Stone". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Neath Port Talbot". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Cadw. "War memorial (80993)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Pontardawe and District". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Cadw. "War memorial (23256)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Port Talbot". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Cadw. "War memorial (22853)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Byass Works". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ a b Gareth Phillips (30 March 2016). "Port Talbot: a community forged in steel - in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "Aberavon Kite Tail". Tweddell & Slater Ltd. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Resolven". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Cadw. "War memorial (82050)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Seven Sisters". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: The Men of Tonna". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 June 2020.