List of public art in Rhondda Cynon Taf

This is a list of public art in Rhondda Cynon Taf, a country 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.

Map of Wales with Rhondda Cynon Taf highlighted

Aberdare

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	The Spirit of Industry	Aberdare Park, Aberdare	1905		Statue on pedestal	Stone and granite				[1]
	William Lewis, 1st Baron Merthyr	Aberdare Park, Aberdare	1912, unveiled 1913	Thomas Brock	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and granite		Grade II	Q29489480	[2]
	Caradog, Griffith Rhys Jones	Victoria Square, Aberdare	1920	Goscombe John	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and stone		Grade II	Q29489462	[3]
	War memorial	Victoria Square, Aberdare	1922		Cenotaph	Granite	6m high	Grade II	Q29489459	[4][5]
	Gorsedd stones	Aberdare Park, Aberdare	1956		Stone circle	Stone				Erected for the 1956 National Eisteddfod of Wales.

Ferndale

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Darren Park, Ferndale			Cenotaph with plaques	Stone and marble				[6][7][8]

Hirwaun

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Hirwaun	1924	E.W.G. Richards (architect), E.P. Davies (builder)	Clock tower	Stone and slate		Grade II	Q29503694	[9][10]

Llanharan

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Llanharan	c.1920s, relocated 1960		Statue on pedestal	Portland stone		Grade II	Q29501378	[11][12]

Llantrisant

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Dr. William Price	Bullring, Llantrisant	1981	Peter Nicholas	Statue	Bronze		Grade II	Q64531381	[13]
	War memorial	Bullring, Llantrisant	2016	M. John (designer), David Peterson (sculptor), Atlas Stone Co. (builders)	Cenotaph	Portland stone and slate	3m tall			[14]

Llwynypia

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Sir Archibald Hood	Llwynypia	1905	Walter Merrett	Statue and plinth	Bronze and stone		Grade II	Q29495688	[15]
	Miner and Family	Between Llwynypia and Tonypandy	1993	Robert Thomas	Statue group on plinth	Bronze				[16]

Maerdy

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Maerdy Park, Maerdy	c.1920s & 2015		Statue on pillar and plinth	Stone and granite				Black granite plinth erected 2015[17]
	Maerdy Gateway Miner's Memorial	Maerdy	2015		Colliery winding wheel and plinth	Metal and stone				[18]

Mountain Ash

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Hospital Road, Mountain Ash	1922	James Havard Thomas & James Dune	Statue on plinth with relief panels	Stone and bronze				[19]
	Guto Nyth Brân	Oxford Street, Mountain Ash	1990	Peter Nicholas	Statue on base	Bronze and stone	2m tall			[20]

Penrhys

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
More images	Our Lady of Penrhys	Penrhys	1953		Statue on plinth	Portland stone				[21]

Pontypridd

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
More images	Evan James & James James	Ynysangharad War Memorial Park, Pontypridd	1930	Goscombe John	Statues on plinths	Bronze and stone		Grade II*	Q17743403	[22][23]
	Falklands War memorial	Ynysangharad War Memorial Park, Pontypridd	1982		Monolith	Stone				[24]
	Great War Memorial Wall	Ynysangharad War Memorial Park, Pontypridd	2011	Capita Symonds (designer), Costain (builders)	Memorial wall	Stone and marble				[25]
	World War II Memorial Wall	Ynysangharad War Memorial Park, Pontypridd	2011	Capita Symonds (designer), Costain (builders)	Memorial wall	Stone and marble				[25]

Tonypandy

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Dunraven Street, Tonypandy	1927		Cenotaph	Stone				[26][27]

Tonyrefail

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Trane cemetery, Tonyrefail	1924		Statue on pillar	Stone				[28][29]

Treorchy

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Gorsedd stones	Treorchy	1928		Stone circle	Stone				Erected for the 1928 National Eisteddfod of Wales.
	Civilian war memorial	Cwmparc School, Treorchy			Mosaic mural	Stone				Memorial to 27 civilians killed 29 April 1941[30]

References

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