Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
18826
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/08/1997
Date of Amendment
28/08/1997
Name of Property
Entrance gateway to St.James's Church
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Torfaen
Community
Pontymoile
Town
Pontypool
Locality
Pontypool
Easting
328250
Northing
200798
Street Side
SW
Location
In Pontypool town centre next to the Town Hall.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
This gateway may date from the 1840's, before the rebuilding of the church in 1854, or may be contemporary with that; but the use of Greek Revival detail is more likely before the rebuilding when a consistent Gothic Revival would have been required.
Exterior
Limestone ashlar piers with cast-iron gates (one missing (11/1996). Greek Revival piers with block bases, pylon incised shafts and plain cornice and caps. The incised ornament echoes the decoration on the pilasters in the Council Chamber in the next door Town Hall. Decorative gate with row of quatrefoils at bottom and two larger ones in centre of gate.
Interior
Reason for designation
An attractively detailed mid C19 gateway which has important group value with the adjoining church and Town Hall.
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