Blackwood War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 May 2002. War memorial.
Blackwood War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- over-stair-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn MP: Ruth Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 May 2002
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- ST 172 976
- Coordinates
- 51.67123, -3.19743
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Blackwood War Memorial is a cenotaph-type memorial inspired by Lutyens' Cenotaph in Whitehall, London. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and sits on a polished granite square base with a stepped plinth. The pylon features inscriptions in black letters on the front and sides, while the left side includes a metal plaque listing names from the 1914-18 and 1939-45 wars. The stepped cap has polished granite bands and pilasters, along with two relief wreaths on each face.
Access to the memorial is provided by two square piers situated between convex concrete steps. On the left side, facing Lewis Avenue, there is a dwarf wall and ashlar piers that frame three bays of iron railings, which include X-shaped panels.
Local climate
Blackwood War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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