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Latitude: 51.6589 / 51°39'31"N
Longitude: -3.7955 / 3°47'43"W
OS Eastings: 275898
OS Northings: 197092
OS Grid: SS758970
Mapcode National: GBR H3.6N0P
Mapcode Global: VH5GN.5K9N
Plus Code: 9C3RM653+HQ
Entry Name: War Memorial Gates
Listing Date: 5 January 1989
Last Amended: 5 January 1989
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 11784
Building Class: Commemorative
ID on this website: 300011784
Location: At the end of the roadway forming an entrance to the Gnoll Grounds.
County: Neath Port Talbot
Community: Neath (Castell-nedd)
Community: Neath
Built-Up Area: Neath
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: War memorial
C1921 memorial gates erected in conjunction with purchase of Gnoll Estate Grounds as a Memorial Park to 1914-1918 war.
Imposing monument, with sweeping concave memorial walls, gates to centre. Influence of Sir Edwin Lutyens. White marble with stone plinth.
Broad piers form outer corners; simply moulded caps. Sunk panels, stone plaques to front bearing 1914/1918 to let pier,. 1939/1945 to right. Flanking walls sweep inwards to gateways, each bearing 3 bronze plaques.
Central double gateway with tall piers bearing deep bronze plaques, pedestrian gates to flanks with similar lower piers, sunk panels.
Good, elaborate heavy iron gates. Close set rods. Gilded scrollwork to lock and top rails, exuberant cresting to top. Bronze medallion to each gate with civic insignia. Similar detail to flanking pedestrian gates.
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