War Memorial within Railed Enclosure is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 February 1999. War memorial.
War Memorial within Railed Enclosure
- WRENN ID
- upper-loggia-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Caerphilly MP: Chris Evans (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1999
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial within Railed Enclosure, Machen, Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen
- OS grid reference
- ST 213 891
- Coordinates
- 51.59596, -3.13751
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The war memorial is designed as a ring-headed Celtic cross and dates from the early 20th century. It features a tapering shaft and cross made of white marble with black inclusions and has a rough finish. The arms of the cross are adorned with interlaced circles in relief. The shaft stands on a rectangular base with chamfered upper edges, which bears the inscription 'To the glory of God / and in honoured memory of the men of this parish / who fell in the Great War 1914 - 18', with the names of the fallen listed below. The names of those who died in World War II are inscribed on the east face of the base. This base is supported by a three-tier rectangular plinth made of the same marble, featuring wide steps.
The memorial is set within an enclosure formed by low red brick walls that have chamfered copings and support iron railings. The railings consist of plain widely-spaced uprights and three horizontal rails, with circles on the lower tier. The front wall of the enclosure is concave in shape and includes an entrance approached by splayed steps. Double iron gates, matching the style of the railings, feature dog rails at the base.
Local climate
War Memorial within Railed Enclosure sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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