The Legend of The Swnasea Devil

By Crusader1307

An Urban Legend from Swansea, England – The ‘’Swansea Devil’’ is a Tale which stared in 1890. A local Church Congregation decided that it was high time to renovate. The Project was worth thousands of Pounds and a huge lift in the prestige of any Architect. Narrowed down to two, one in competition pointed out a series of Homes He had designed and constructed. The Church balked at His designs and chose the other Designer. This infuriated The Architect. Many years later, He was chosen to design and build a Building directly across from The Church. As a means of decoration, The Architect had a ‘’Smiling Devil’’ (with an Evil Smirk). Placed on The Building’s façade so as to face The Church – The Architect made an ominous prediction – ‘’When Your Church is Destroyed and Burning, My Devil Will Be Laughing at You’’. Flash forward to World War II…….The German ‘’Blitzkrieg’’ of England in 1940 was murderous. Thousands upon thousands would die or be displaced by the bombing. Oddly, of ALL the Buildings in Swansea that were targeted, One of the ONLY ones totally destroyed was The Church. The ‘’Smiling Devil’’? It remained on the opposing Building until 1962, when it was moved into a Basement (to rot). Re-discovered, it was restored and placed into The City Museum in Swansea in 2019.