Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gates & Gatepiers at Entry to Zoar Chapel
Town, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pontmorlais, Town, Merthyr Tydfil, designated on 22 August 1975.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 22 August 1975
- Locality
- Pontmorlais
- Community
- Town
- Unitary authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.74861, -3.37760
- Cadw reference
- 11453
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 231 Merthyr Tydfil (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the street line at entrance to lane leading to Zoar Chapel and Council offices.
Exterior
Dated 1842. Fine pair of ironwork gates with urn finials and arched braces. Scrollwork and inscription "ZOAR 18-2" to mid-rail. Stone half-piers with hinges but adjoining properties at Nos 5 and 6 Pontmorlais.
Reason for designation
Group value with chapel and No 5 Pontmorlais.
Nearby in the register
- Zoar Chapel (Welsh Congregational)Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Former Wesley Methodist ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 14 New Castle StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 11 New Castle StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.