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
26494
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/04/2002
Date of Amendment
29/04/2002
Name of Property
Aberbargoed war memorial gates
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Caerphilly
Community
Bargoed
Town
Bargoed
Locality
Aberbargoed
Easting
315524
Northing
200091
Street Side
E
Location
Fronting the road to the SW of Aberbargoed Hospital.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Erected c1925 as the gateway to the Workmen's Cottage Hospital.
Exterior
An asymmetrical composition of double gates with single gate on its R side, framed by 3 square limestone ashlar piers. The piers have wreaths in relief below stepped caps and are surmounted by electric lights. The front face of each pier has a cast iron plaque with a roll of honour in raised letters, while above these are added brass plaques commemorating the dead of the 1939-45 war. The cast iron gates have fretwork decoration. The double gates have panelled wreaths inscribed 'In Glorious Memory of those who fell in the Great War 1914-18', and the single gate has an added elliptical plaque commemorating Glyndwr Michael (1909-43). On the L side is a dwarf ashlar wall with coping and railings that abuts a garden wall (of Bedwellty Nursing Home) to the L.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its social-historical interest and as well-designed memorial gates in a prominent location.
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