Map of Wales with Merthyr Tydfil County Borough highlighted
This is a list of public art in Merthyr Tydfil 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.
Bedlinog
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Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Type
Material
Dimensions
Designation
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War memorial
High Street, Bedlinog
1925
Cross
Stone
[1] [2]
Cefn-coed-y-cymmer
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Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Type
Material
Dimensions
Designation
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Notes
War memorial
High Street, Cefn-coed-y-cymmer
1924
Cross within gable surround
Bath stone
4m tall
Grade II
Q29504401
[3] [4] [5]
Dowlais
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Title / subject
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Date
Artist / designer
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Dowlais Ironworks memorial
Dowlais
1987
Ingot mould
Cast iron
Merthyr Tydfil
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William Lewis, 1st Baron Merthyr
Upper Thomas Street, Merthyr Tydfil
1898
Thomas Brock
Statue on pedestal
Bronze and granite
Grade II
Q29489929
[6]
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South African war memorial
Queens Road, Merthyr Tydfil
1904
Washington Morgan
Obelisk
Granite
7m tall
Grade II
Q29489922
[7] [8]
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War memorial
Pontmorlais Circus, Merthyr Tydfil
1931
Leonard Stanford Merrifield
Statue group and surround
Bronze and Portland stone
Grade II
Q29489908
[9] [10] [11]
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Seymour Berry, 1st Baron Buckland
Outside Carnegie Library, Merthyr Tydfil
1931
Goscombe John
Statue on pedestal
Bronze and stone
Grade II
Q29489898
[9] [12]
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Monument to Richard Trevithick
Pendarren Road, Merthyr Tydfil
1933
I.S. Williams of Cardiff
Replica steam engine on plinth
Metal and stone
[9] [13]
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War memorial
Castle Street, Merthyr Tydfil
1990
Celtic Cross
Stone
[14]
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Eddie Thomas
Bethesda Gardens, Merthyr Tydfil
Peter Nicholas
Statue on pedestal
Bronze and stone
[15]
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Howard Winstone
St Tydfil's Square, Merthyr Tydfil
2001
David Petersen
Statue
Bronze
2.2m tall
[16]
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Johnny Owen
St Tydfil's Shopping Centre, Merthyr Tydfil
2002
James Done
Statue on plinth
Bronze
[17]
Trelewis
Image
Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Type
Material
Dimensions
Designation
Wikidata
Notes
War memorial
Trelewis
1925
David Williams (sculptor), Daniel Williams of Abercynon (builder)
Statue on pedestal
Stone
Relocated & rededicated in 2002.[18]
Troed-y-rhiw
Image
Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Type
Material
Dimensions
Designation
Wikidata
Notes
War memorial
Troed-y-rhiw
c.1920
C. Pryce (sculptor)
Statue on pedestal
Marble and granite
Grade II
[19]
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