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

War Memorial

WRENN ID
upper-column-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Caerphilly
Constituency
Caerphilly MP: Chris Evans (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 July 2017
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial, Ystrad Mynach, Gelligaer
OS grid reference
ST 145 937
Coordinates
51.63607, -3.23551
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The War Memorial is made of Portland Stone and features a reduced Cenotaph style with a two-stage plinth and a two-stepped concrete base. It is located in the center of a small paved area, with flagpoles positioned to the east and west. The south face of the memorial displays a wreath with the inscription ‘PRO PATRIA’ above, and below it reads ‘IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE FROM YSTRAD MYNACH AND HENGOED WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 YN ANGHOF NI CHANT FOD’. An additional inscription on the base states ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WAR 1939-45’. The names of the fallen are listed on the east and west faces.

Local climate

War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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