Vaynor War Memorial and attached railings is a Grade II listed building in the Merthyr Tydfil local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 June 2003. Memorial.

Vaynor War Memorial and attached railings

WRENN ID
lunar-groin-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Merthyr Tydfil
Country
Wales
Date first listed
16 June 2003
Type
Memorial
Source
Cadw listing

Description

War memorial, Bath stone ashlar, Gothic style tall gabled monument with coped gable, fleur-de-lys ridge and little cross-gables each side with gargoyles at angles. Sides have moulded plinth and one set-off, while centre has tall square-headed pierced panel with inset ashlar tracery: top pointed head with ogee tracery and rosettes in spandrels, main part in filled with ashlar cross with arms just above mid-height and centre square boss monogrammed IHS. Cross stands on a base (still within centre long panel) with moulded top and traceried blind roundel with incised carved spandrels. Roundel has asymmetrically-set smaller roundel within with blank quatrefoil and 2 mouchettes above. High pedestal with chamfered cap, inset with 3 marble panels with names of fallen. Added panel on left side of pedestal with names from 1939-45 war. Memorial stands on a square platform with 3 steps up and iron railings around, the railings with scrollwork band under top-rail. Memorial is surrounded on 3 sides by low retaining wall with chamfered coping and iron railings, and railings are continued outward at right angles along pavement line each end. Iron gate into garden behind the memorial. Standards are marked Bayliss Jones & Bayliss & Co.

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