Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Senghenydd War Memorial
Aber Valley, Caerphilly, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Senghenydd, Aber Valley, Caerphilly, designated on 28 June 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 28 June 1999
- Locality
- Senghenydd
- Community
- Aber Valley
- Unitary authority
- Caerphilly
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.60833, -3.27701
- Cadw reference
- 21959
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)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Prominently sited at the junction of Commercial Street and High Street.
History
Erected by the Senghenydd War Memorial Committee in 1921.
Exterior
Clock tower of pink granite, on a square plinth and enclosed within late C20 brick kerb and railings. A moulded base has polished granite panels on 3 sides recording the dead of 1914-18 in gold-painted, engraved letters. The tall pedestal has a tablet inset on W side facing the main street recording erection of the monument. On the N and S sides are English and Welsh inscriptions, with an added plaque commemorating 1939-45 war dead on the S side. Below the clock the pedestal has stylised leaf capitals in low relief. The round clock faces project out above a moulded cornice and are set in panels with low-relief interlace at the corners. A cast iron finial consists of scrolled arches in the cardinal directions, from which lamps are hung (originally for gas).
Reason for designation
Included as a prominent structure in the centre of Senghenydd and for its social-historical interest.
Nearby in the register
- Parc Mawr, with attached stable and barnNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Garnedd LwydRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Cairnfield on Mynydd EglwysilanRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Cross Ridge Dyke & Cairn on Twyn HywelCross Ridge Dykeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.