Pontycymer Cemetery Entrance, Pontycymer, Bridgend

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6113 / 51°36'40"N

Longitude: -3.5798 / 3°34'47"W

OS Eastings: 290708

OS Northings: 191457

OS Grid: SS907914

Mapcode National: GBR HD.9N9G

Mapcode Global: VH5GY.WRWN

Entry Name: Pontycymer Cemetery Entrance

Listing Date: 30 July 1997

Last Amended: 30 July 1997

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 18634

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Location: Situated on the hillside on the E edge of the town.

County: Bridgend

Community: Garw Valley (Cwm Garw)

Community: Garw Valley

Locality: Pontycymer

Built-Up Area: Pontycymer

Traditional County: Glamorgan

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Blaengawr

History

Pontycymer Cemetery was established 1888 under the control of the Llangeinor Burial Board.

Exterior

The entrance comprises a low curved rubble wall with ashlar coping and iron railings, five tall rock-faced sandstone piers with battered plinths and pyramidal caps; decorative iron gates to vehicle and pedestrian entrances hang on the 3 central piers. The gates are of unusual design with diagonal and semi-circular members, fleur de lys finials and cresting to the top rail.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as an intact cemetery entrance with well designed ironwork and for group value with the Mortuary Chapel and monument to Benjamin Noyle.

Other nearby listed buildings

II Monument to Benjamin and Elizabeth Noyle, Pontycymmer Cemetery
Fronting the main cemetery lane from entrance to chapel on E side.
II Mortuary Chapel
Situated on the hillside on the eastern edge of the town.
II United Reformed Church including vestry wing
Situated on a corner site just E of and above the main valley thoroughfare Oxford Street, the side elevation being on Meadow Street which was the original valley thoroughfare.
II Tabernacl Capel yr Annibynwyr (Welsh Independent) including vestry wing
Situated on a corner site just E of and above the main Valley thoroughfare, the side elevation being on Meadow Street, the original Valley thoroughfare.
II Former Cooperative Bakery
Situated on Meadow Street, the former main valley throughfare just E of and above the current valley thoroughfare Oxford Street, adjacent to the Workmen's Institute.
II Ffaldau Workmen's Institute and attached Billiard Hall
Situated to E and just above the main Valley thoroughfare Oxford Street, the main facade being on Meadow Street, the former main thoroughfare.
II Bethania Capel y Bedyddwyr (Welsh Baptist Chapel)
Situated near the centre of Blaengarw, the head of the Garw Valley, on rising ground just E of The Strand.

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Pontycymer Cemetery Entrance

A Grade II Listed Building in Pontycymer, Bridgend

Coordinates

History

Exterior

Reasons for Listing