List of public art in Neath Port Talbot

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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

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Bryn Obelisk Red granite

Cadoxton

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Cadoxton-juxta-Neath 1922 Celtic cross on stepped base Stone [1]

Clyne

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Clyne 1922 Celtic cross on stepped base Stone

Cwmafan

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
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]

Margam

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial St Mary's Abbey Church churchyard, Margam c.1920s Polygonal cross Stone Grade II Q29500414 [3][4]

Neath

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		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]

Pontardawe

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
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]

Port Talbot

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		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]

More images 		The Man of Steel Port Talbot Sebastien Boyesen Statue on column Steel [16]

More images 		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]

Resolven

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Village Centre, Resolven 1925 Obelisk Stone [18]

Seven Sisters

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Seven Sisters 1921 Statue on plinth Marble and granite Grade II Q29504818 [19][20]

Tonna

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Grounds of St Anne's Church, Tonna Inscribed plaque and wall Marble and stone [21]

References

  1. ^ "War Memorials Register: Cadoxton and Rhyddings". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Brydon and Burton's steel sculpture on cycle trail". BBC News. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. National Historic Assets of Wales
    . Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  4. ^ "War Memorials Register: St Mary Cross". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Core Record: Statue of Howel Gwyn". vads. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  6. National Historic Assets of Wales
    . Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  7. ^ "War Memorials Register: Neath". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  8. ^ "War Memorials Register: Neath in the Spanish Civil War - Stone". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  9. ^ "War Memorials Register: Neath Port Talbot". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  10. National Historic Assets of Wales
    . Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  11. ^ "War Memorials Register: Pontardawe and District". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  12. National Historic Assets of Wales
    . Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  13. ^ "War Memorials Register: Port Talbot". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  14. National Historic Assets of Wales
    . Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  15. ^ "War Memorials Register: Byass Works". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  16. ^ a b Gareth Phillips (30 March 2016). "Port Talbot: a community forged in steel - in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  17. ^ "Aberavon Kite Tail". Tweddell & Slater Ltd. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  18. ^ "War Memorials Register: Resolven". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  19. National Historic Assets of Wales
    . Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  20. ^ "War Memorials Register: Seven Sisters". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  21. ^ "War Memorials Register: The Men of Tonna". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
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