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.
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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War memorial | Bryn | Obelisk | Red granite |
Image | 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] |
Image | 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 |
Image | 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] |
Image | 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] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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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] |
Image | 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] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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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] |
Image | 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] |
Image | 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] |
Image | 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] |
Sir William Goscombe John was a prolific Welsh sculptor known for his many public memorials. As a sculptor, John developed a distinctive style of his own while respecting classical traditions and forms of sculpture. He gained national attention with statues of eminent Victorians in London and Cardiff and subsequently, after both the Second Boer War and World War I, created a large number of war memorials. These included the two large group works, The Response 1914 in Newcastle upon Tyne and the Port Sunlight War Memorial which are considered the finest sculptural ensembles on any British monument.
In the United Kingdom, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical, or cultural significance; Grade II* structures are those considered to be "particularly important buildings of more than special interest". Listing was begun by a provision in the Town and Country Planning Act 1947. Once listed, strict limitations are imposed on the modifications allowed to a building's structure or fittings. In Wales, the authority for listing under the Planning Act 1990 rests with Cadw.
Neath Port Talbot is a county borough in South Wales. It covers an area of 441 km2 (170 sq mi) and in 2021 the population was approximately 141,900.