# 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.

## 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 | | | | |
| More images | William Lewis, 1st Baron Merthyr | Aberdare Park, Aberdare | 1912, unveiled 1913 | Thomas Brock | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and granite | | Grade II | Q29489480 | |
| | Caradog, Griffith Rhys Jones | Victoria Square, Aberdare | 1920 | Goscombe John | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | | Grade II | Q29489462 | |
| | War memorial | Victoria Square, Aberdare | 1922 | | Cenotaph | Granite | 6m high | Grade II | Q29489459 | |
| | 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 | | | | |

## 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 | |

## 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 | |

## 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 | |
| | War memorial | Bullring, Llantrisant | 2016 | M. John (designer),David Peterson (sculptor),Atlas Stone Co. (builders) | Cenotaph | Portland stone and slate | 3m tall | | | |

## 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 | Painted bronze and stone | | Grade II | Q29495688 | |
| | Miner and Family | Between Llwynypia and Tonypandy | 1993 | Robert Thomas | Statue group on plinth | Bronze | | | | |

## 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 |
| | Maerdy Gateway Miner's Memorial | Maerdy | 2015 | | Colliery winding wheel and plinth | Metal and stone | | | | |

## Mountain Ash

| Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions |
| War memorial | Hospital Road, Mountain Ash | 1922 | James Havard Thomas & James Dune | Statue on plinth with relief panels | Stone and bronze | |
| Guto Nyth Brân | Oxford Street, Mountain Ash | 1990 | Peter Nicholas | Statue on base | Bronze and stone | 2m tall |
| Elaine Morgan | Outside of Medical Centre, Mountain Ash | 2022 | Emma Rodgers | Statue on plinth | Bronze | |

## 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 | | | | |

## Pontypridd

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

## Tonypandy

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

## 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 | | | | |

## 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 |