Senghenydd War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 June 1999. War memorial.

Senghenydd War Memorial

WRENN ID
hushed-mullion-vermeil
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Caerphilly
Constituency
Caerphilly MP: Chris Evans (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
28 June 1999
Type
War memorial
Address
Senghenydd War Memorial, Aber Valley
OS grid reference
ST 116 907
Coordinates
51.60833, -3.27703
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Senghenydd War Memorial is a clock tower made of pink granite, situated on a square plinth and surrounded by late 20th-century brick kerb and railings. The base features polished granite panels on three sides that honor those who died in the First World War, with their names engraved in gold-painted letters. The tall pedestal includes a tablet on the west side that notes when the monument was erected. On the north and south sides, there are inscriptions in both English and Welsh, along with an additional plaque on the south side that commemorates the dead from the Second World War. Below the clock, the pedestal is adorned with stylized leaf capitals in low relief. The round clock faces extend above a moulded cornice and are set within panels that have low-relief interlace designs at the corners. At the top, a cast iron finial features scrolled arches pointing in the cardinal directions, from which lamps were originally hung for gas lighting.

Local climate

Senghenydd War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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