Gates, gate piers & railings to forecourt of Capel Caersalem, Caernarfon, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1384 / 53°8'18"N

Longitude: -4.2715 / 4°16'17"W

OS Eastings: 248150

OS Northings: 362554

OS Grid: SH481625

Mapcode National: GBR 5J.66VW

Mapcode Global: WH43F.CC6V

Plus Code: 9C5Q4PQH+9C

Entry Name: Gates, gate piers & railings to forecourt of Capel Caersalem

Listing Date: 31 March 1983

Last Amended: 3 May 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 3860

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300003860

Location: Fronting the street and flanked by terraced houses.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Caernarfon

Community: Caernarfon

Built-Up Area: Caernarfon

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Gate Railing Gatepost

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History

Caersalem is an early C19 chapel foundation but the present forecourt gates and railings were probably erected in the third quarter of the C19 when the chapel was rebuilt, and are shown on the 1888 Ordnance Survey.

Exterior

Cast iron gates and gate piers on a dwarf wall with saddleback coping. Double central gates have decorative finials. The square gate piers have nogging above the dwarf wall and trefoiled heads. The flanking railings have similar detail to the gates.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as well-detailed C19 gateway and railings making an important contribution to the setting of Capel Caersalem.

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Gates, gate piers & railings to forecourt of Capel Caersalem

A Grade II Listed Building in Caernarfon, Gwynedd