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
- Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare MP: Gerald Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 16 June 2003
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Vaynor War Memorial and attached railings, Cefn Coed-Y-Cymmer
- OS grid reference
- SO 034 078
- Coordinates
- 51.76069, -3.4005
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Vaynor War Memorial is a tall Gothic-style monument made of Bath stone ashlar, featuring a gabled design with a coped gable, a fleur-de-lys ridge, and small cross-gables on each side adorned with gargoyles. The sides of the memorial have a moulded plinth and one set-off. The center showcases a tall square-headed pierced panel with inset ashlar tracery, topped with a pointed head that includes ogee tracery and rosettes in the spandrels. The main part contains an ashlar cross with arms positioned just above mid-height and a central square boss monogrammed with "IHS." The cross rests on a base within the central long panel, which has a moulded top and a traceried blind roundel featuring incised carved spandrels. This roundel includes an asymmetrically-set smaller roundel with a blank quatrefoil and two mouchettes above.
The memorial is elevated on a square platform accessed by three steps, surrounded by iron railings that feature scrollwork beneath the top rail. It is enclosed on three sides by a low retaining wall with chamfered coping and iron railings, which extend outward at right angles along the pavement line at each end. There is also an iron gate leading into the garden behind the memorial. The standards are marked with the name Bayliss Jones & Bayliss & Co. An additional panel on the left side of the pedestal lists the names of those who fell in the 1939-45 war, alongside three marble panels inscribed with the names of the fallen.
Local climate
Vaynor War Memorial and attached railings sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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