Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Walls and Railings to St James's Church
Uplands, Swansea, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Uplands, Swansea, designated on 25 July 1994.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 25 July 1994
- Community
- Uplands
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.61859, -3.96068
- Cadw reference
- 14639
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)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 247 Swansea (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Forming churchyard between St James’ Crescent and Walter Road.
History
Circa 1867, contemporary with St James’ Church.
Exterior
Dwarf stone wall, snecked with chamfered coping, raised stone piers with triangular coping. Between piers, cast iron posts with pinnacles, and curved stanchions (some posts with inscription "Thomas and Bath Swansea"), and sections of railing with alternating pinnacles and compound double crosier shaped finials (some railings removed to NE of church). Entrances with double cast-iron gates to S and NE of church, entrances with single cast-iron gates to E and W angles of churchyard, and to NW of church, gates in similar style to railings.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with church.
Nearby in the register
- 74 Walter RoadDomesticunder 1 mi
- 75 Walter RoadDomesticunder 1 mi
- St James ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- St James Church HallReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.