Entrance Gateway at Churchyard of St Mary Risca, Risca, Caerphilly

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6143 / 51°36'51"N

Longitude: -3.1043 / 3°6'15"W

OS Eastings: 323635

OS Northings: 191188

OS Grid: ST236911

Mapcode National: GBR J1.9FW1

Mapcode Global: VH7B4.4PRB

Plus Code: 9C3RJV7W+P7

Entry Name: Entrance Gateway at Churchyard of St Mary Risca

Listing Date: 22 October 1999

Last Amended: 22 October 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 22515

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300022515

Location: Opposite the west end of the church. Reached from the main thoroughfare through Risca.

County: Caerphilly

Community: Risca West (Gorllewin Rhisga)

Community: Risca

Built-Up Area: Risca

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: Gate

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History

Probably contemporary with church built 1852. The church was built on a site occupied first by a Roman building abnd then a medieval church, later altered and demolished mid C19. The churchyard contains a number of early - mid C19 monuments and the remains of a medieval cross; it is likely that at least the N, S and W churchyard boundaries relate to the medieval church.

Exterior

Two tall gatepiers of regular tooled ashlar blocks, the angles chamfered and the top course broached to an octagon on which sits a shallow octagonal capstone. Wide and tall double iron gates with spear finials and Gothic arches reflecting the architectural style of the church.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a churchyard entrance gateway probably contemporary with the church of 1852 and for group value with church and churchyard monuments.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Church of St Mary Risca
Adjacent to the main thoroughfare, a little NW of the main centre, close to the railway and canal. Approached by paths through churchyard from W and SE. The churchyard contains a sriking group of m
II Remains of churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyard
Near the S churchyard wall close to main thoroughfare.
II Railings and gates at St Mary Street War Memorial
On St Mary Street near the junction with Darran Road.
II St Mary Street War Memorial
In a railed enclosure in the junction of St Mary Street and Darran Road.
II Church of St Mary and St Mercurius
On the main thoroughfare a little N of Risca centre; set back from the road in a walled, part paved churchyard with trees, no monuments.
II Former Risca Collieries Workmen's Institute
Facing the junction between St Mary Street, the A467, and Grove Road, the B4490, just N of Risca centre, standing in a small walled and railed courtyard and sharing a campus with Oxford House.
II Canal Bridge over Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal at Darran Road (partly in Crosskeys Community)
The easterly of the two remaining bridges in this surviving stretch of canal, W of Risca quarries by Darran Road.
II Canal Bridge over Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal W of Penrhiw
Near the N end of the N/S stretch of Canal, just W of Penrhiw and by Church Road.

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Entrance Gateway at Churchyard of St Mary Risca

A Grade II Listed Building in Risca, Caerphilly