Railings and gates at St Mary Street War Memorial, Risca, Caerphilly

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6161 / 51°36'58"N

Longitude: -3.1078 / 3°6'28"W

OS Eastings: 323396

OS Northings: 191394

OS Grid: ST233913

Mapcode National: GBR J1.9DYN

Mapcode Global: VH7B4.2MWX

Plus Code: 9C3RJV8R+FV

Entry Name: Railings and gates at St Mary Street War Memorial

Listing Date: 14 July 2017

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 87742

Building Class: Commemorative

ID on this website: 300087742

Location: On St Mary Street near the junction with Darran Road.

County: Caerphilly

Community: Risca West (Gorllewin Rhisga)

Community: Risca

Built-Up Area: Risca

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

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History

Constructed to enclose the memorial garden.

Exterior

Double gates and piers with flanking curved and ramped panels and shorter piers. Continuous run of railings to each side extending along the St Mary Street frontage of the garden. Wrought and cast iron, piers marked ‘BAKER’S NEWPORT’. Gates with scroll decoration in outer margins and along top rail, dog bars. Cast iron gatepiers with pediment, plain panels on shaft and capital with rosettes. Railings of individual panels with intermediate uprights; each panel of square section rails with plain points, central rail with scroll work crown and ball finial. End rails with abstract horn finial.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its special architectural interest as a carefully designed set of gates and railings displaying good qualities of craftmanship. Important for its historical value as a visible reminder of the sacrifice of a community during the major wars of the C20. Group value with the nearby war memorial.

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Railings and gates at St Mary Street War Memorial

A Grade II Listed Building in Risca, Caerphilly