Cwmcarn War Memorial and surrounding railings is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 December 1998. War memorial.

Cwmcarn War Memorial and surrounding railings

WRENN ID
upper-flagstone-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Caerphilly
Constituency
Newport West and Islwyn MP: Ruth Jones (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
17 December 1998
Type
War memorial
Address
Cwmcarn War Memorial and surrounding railings, Abercarn
OS grid reference
ST 220 934
Coordinates
51.63487, -3.12759
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Cwmcarn War Memorial is a small structure standing on three octagonal steps. It features a tapering rectangular pier made of ashlar, which displays inlaid bronze plaques listing the names of the deceased. At the top of the pier is a life-size bronze figure of a soldier in uniform, with his head bowed and hands resting on a reversed upright rifle. The memorial is surrounded by octagonal railings that have spear finials, ball finials on the stanchions, and a single gate topped with a tall spear finial.

Local climate

Cwmcarn War Memorial and surrounding railings 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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