Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gates 7 Gate Piers, including Flanking Railings, at NW Entrance to Aberdare Park
Aberdare West, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 10 January 1991
- Locality
- Trecynon
- Community
- Aberdare West
- Unitary authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.72175, -3.46041
- Cadw reference
- 10889
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Closing the NW drive entrance to the park immediately SW of the junction with Cemetery Road.
History
Aberdare Park was laid out on a part of Hirwaun Common on the instigation of R H Rhys, Chairman of the Local Board of Health "as a pleasant place for the dust begrimed inhabitants". Opened on 27tháJulyál869 and walled in 1877. These are not the original gates and piers but were erected after the War.
Exterior
2 tall stone square piers with pyramidical caps. The carriage and pedestrian iron gates all have simple panels and lock bars; the main carriage gates also have scrolled ironwork to the top. Low rubble walls to either side curving back to ends terminating im similar square piers; finialled iron railings with more elaborate principal uprights which have scrolled brackets to the inner side.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with other listed items in Aberdare Park.
Nearby in the register
- Carmel (Bryn Sion) ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- St. Fagan's ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Capel EbenezerReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Vicarage to St Fagan's ChurchDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.