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
23255
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/04/2000
Date of Amendment
28/04/2000
Name of Property
Gateway to Talbot Memorial Park
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Community
Port Talbot
Town
Port Talbot
Locality
Talbot Road
Easting
277279
Northing
189025
Street Side
N
Location
Fronting Talbot Road and with flanking lodges.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
In 1918 Emily Charlotte Talbot of Margam Park donated a field in the town as a memorial for the dead of the 1st World War (1914-18). The park was laid out in its present form in 1925-6 having cost £13,000.
The main entrance is dedicated to the war hero, Rupert Price Hallowes VC (1881-1915). In 1909 he had become assistant manager at the Port Talbot Mansel Tinplate Works. The entrance gates are dated 1925.
Exterior
Triple-arched gateway of pale ashlar stone. Wide centrally-placed Tudor arch with reeded moulding, flanked by narrow pointed arches with similar mouldings. Spandrels and areas above arches composed of giant voussoirs. Pilasters between arches and to angles with recessed lancets and polygonal mouldings to edges. Cornice across top in similar style, bearing the inscription 'Talbot 19 Memorial 25 Park'. Raised frieze above central arch with recessed quatrefoils in circles, moulded coping and flanking octagonal pinnacles with advanced lancets to 4 sides. Metal gates to arches with alternating plain and twisted uprights, ending in tall fleur-de-lis finials and small wave finials, respectively. Arched heads below top rails, lock bar with scrolls and 3-leaf motifs. The walls of the gateway return to the N, each with a narrow pointed arch, and join the 2 identical lodges. Low rock-faced walls surmounted by metal railings run outwards from the front angles of the entrance terminating in dressed octagonal piers with pinnacles matching those on the frieze above cornice.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its architectural interest as a prominent gateway in the Gothic style, and of historical interest as a war memorial. Group value with adjoining lodges and other features in the park.
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