Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
3860
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/03/1983
Date of Amendment
03/05/2002
Name of Property
Gates, gate piers & railings to forecourt of Capel Caersalem
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Caernarfon
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Caernarfon
Easting
248150
Northing
362554
Street Side
NW
Location
Fronting the street and flanked by terraced houses.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Caersalem is an early C19 chapel foundation but the present forecourt gates and railings were probably erected in the third quarter of the C19 when the chapel was rebuilt, and are shown on the 1888 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
Cast iron gates and gate piers on a dwarf wall with saddleback coping. Double central gates have decorative finials. The square gate piers have nogging above the dwarf wall and trefoiled heads. The flanking railings have similar detail to the gates.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as well-detailed C19 gateway and railings making an important contribution to the setting of Capel Caersalem.
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