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
81750
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/07/2003
Date of Amendment
30/07/2003
Name of Property
War Memorial in front of Pontrhydyrun Baptist Church
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Torfaen
Community
Croesyceiliog
Town
Cwmbran
Locality
Croesyceiliog
Easting
330376
Northing
196836
Street Side
SW
Location
On the SE side of Pontrhydyrun Baptist Church, near the main entrance.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
War memorial unveiled on 13/7/1922, at a cost of £100 in memory of the members of the congregation killed in the Great War.
Exterior
War memorial, ashlar, classical tall pedestal memorial. Big square shaft with inscriptions, splayed out towards base with chamfered angles, the chamfers run out at base. Top frieze with chamfered corners under square egg-and-dart-moulded corniced cap carrying carved short Celtic cross. Shaft stands on steeply chamfered base on plinth with coved top moulding.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a distinctive pedestal war memorial of group value with the Baptist Church.
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