Enclosure railings, walls, gatepiers and Memorials at the Conway Burial Yard is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 July 2003. Memorial.

Enclosure railings, walls, gatepiers and Memorials at the Conway Burial Yard

WRENN ID
lesser-loft-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torfaen
Constituency
Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 July 2003
Type
Memorial
Address
Enclosure railings, walls, gatepiers and Memorials at the Conway Burial Yard, Croesyceiliog, Cwmbran
OS grid reference
ST 303 968
Coordinates
51.66621, -3.0082
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Conway Burial Yard features enclosure railings, walls, gatepiers, and memorials, all designated as Grade II. The railings are made of spearhead iron and supported by larger standards with twisted wrought iron scrolls, set atop a low stone wall with coping. These railings extend along the side of the chapel and curve from the chapel corner to the road. At the corner, there is an entrance gateway with matching double gates situated between two stone gatepiers that are tooled and feature plinths, cornices, and capstones. A similar gatepier is located at the end of the railings along the chapel, while the other two sides are enclosed by rubble stone walls.

Inside the burial yard, there are several notable memorials. These include a massive short fluted obelisk on a pedestal with angle piers dedicated to George Conway, who died in 1834; a chest tomb for Joseph Conway, who died in 1839; a chest tomb with baluster angles for Rachel Conway, who died in 1811; an urn-topped pedestal memorial for George Conway, who died in 1820, featuring reeded angles; a square memorial with draped plaques on each side for Elizabeth Jones, who died in 1825; a pedestal memorial for Sarah Evans (née Conway, wife of Rev. D.D. Evans), who died in 1837, with a relief carving of a woman and anchor on the tapered top piece; a hexagonal Gothic monument for various members of the Conway family, dating from 1842 onward; and an obelisk for Mary Price (née Conway), who died in 1862.

Local climate

Enclosure railings, walls, gatepiers and Memorials at the Conway Burial Yard receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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