St Mary Street War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 July 2017. War memorial.

St Mary Street War Memorial

WRENN ID
roaming-lead-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Caerphilly
Constituency
Newport West and Islwyn MP: Ruth Jones (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 July 2017
Type
War memorial
Address
St Mary Street War Memorial, Risca
OS grid reference
ST 234 914
Coordinates
51.61621, -3.10772
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The St Mary Street War Memorial is a stone obelisk featuring a wheeled cross on a column, set on a pedimented plinth and base with a four-stepped design. The southwest face of the plinth bears a dedication that reads: ‘THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL AND THOSE WHO SERVED. AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. AR FACHLUD HAUL AC YN Y BORE NI A'U COFIWN HWYNT. TO THOSE FROM THIS DISTRICT WHO FOUGHT IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE 1939-45’.

Local climate

St Mary Street War Memorial 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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