Entrance Gateway and flanking walls to Jews' Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 November 2001. Gateway.
Entrance Gateway and flanking walls to Jews' Cemetery
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff East MP: Jo Stevens (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 November 2001
- Type
- Gateway
- Address
- Entrance Gateway and flanking walls to Jews' Cemetery, Roath Park, Cyncoed
- OS grid reference
- ST 182 797
- Coordinates
- 51.51058, -3.17905
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The entrance gateway and flanking walls to the Jews' Cemetery are constructed from snecked grey stone and feature a tall gabled entrance. The gable is topped with stone copings and kneelers, which likely originally had finials at the apex and angles. The tall pointed-arched doorway is adorned with heavy roughcast moulding and a large keyblock with indentations, along with a hoodmould that has square end stops. This doorway is fitted with later double metal doors, each featuring a round head, vertical bars, and a Star of David, topped by an open metalwork overthrow. The gates serve as memorials, although they are undated. Above the doorway, in the gable, is a round-arched stone tablet displaying a Star of David, with a decorative hoodmould that has end bosses.
The flanking walls are topped with flat stone copings, with the left side stepping down. On the right side, there is a large rectangular stone tablet embedded in the wall, which reads, "This ground was given for Jews Cemetery by the most noble John, Marquess of Bute, AD 1841, AM 5602." Below this, the names of the president, treasurer, and secretary—Mark, Solomon, and Samuel Marks—are inscribed. Beyond the tablet, there is a butt joint followed by a former doorway with brick jambs. A plain tablet is located to the right, along with late 20th-century walling that includes an entrance.
At the time of inspection, there was no access to the cemetery, but inside the entrance, there is an open range with a corrugated metal roof. The left side features a rubble wall containing a pointed-arched doorway that leads into a lean-to.
Local climate
Entrance Gateway and flanking walls to Jews' Cemetery sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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