War Memorial in front of Pontrhydyrun Baptist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 July 2003. War memorial.
War Memorial in front of Pontrhydyrun Baptist Church
- WRENN ID
- keen-cellar-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torfaen
- Constituency
- Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 July 2003
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial in front of Pontrhydyrun Baptist Church, Croesyceiliog, Cwmbran
- OS grid reference
- ST 303 968
- Coordinates
- 51.66597, -3.00809
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The war memorial in front of Pontrhydyrun Baptist Church is a classical tall pedestal memorial made of ashlar. It features a large square shaft with inscriptions that splay out towards the base, which has chamfered angles that run out at the bottom. The top frieze has chamfered corners and is topped with a square corniced cap that is egg-and-dart moulded, carrying a carved short Celtic cross. The shaft stands on a steeply chamfered base that rests on a plinth with a coved top moulding.
Local climate
War Memorial in front of Pontrhydyrun Baptist Church 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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