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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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