Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gilchrist Memorial
Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Blaenafon Ironworks, Blaenavon, Torfaen, designated on 9 February 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 9 February 1995
- Locality
- Blaenafon Ironworks
- Community
- Blaenavon
- Unitary authority
- Torfaen
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.77626, -3.08970
- Cadw reference
- 15300
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)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in the Blaenavon Ironworks Museum car park at the north end of Blaenavon town and to the south-west of the Ironworks; reached off North Street.
History
Re-erected in 1960 by the Newport and District Metallurgical Society in conjunction with the Iron and Steel Institute. Built to commemorate Sidney Gilchrist for his work in eliminating phosphorus in the Bessemer process. Originally sited at Forge Side alongside Gilchrist's laboratory.
Exterior
Pink granite column and pedestal on a concrete platform. Square plan in three vertical sections, each bearing a bronze plaque. The plinth carries a plaque naming contributors to the memorial. The base has a plaque with rope mould surround and gives a description of the Gilchrists. The shaft has a relief bust of Gilchrist, with dates.
Reason for designation
Listed for its historical associations with the internationally important Blaenavon Ironworks.
Nearby in the register
- Pay OfficeCommercialunder 1 mi
- Storage Shed and attached ChimneyIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Cast House and FoundryDomesticunder 1 mi
- Blaenafon IronworksIronworksunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.