List of public art in Caerphilly County Borough

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This is a list of public art in Caerphilly County Borough , a county borough in south Wales, that sits across the ancient county boundary between Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. It is governed by the Caerphilly County Borough Council. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and does not, for example, include artworks in museums.

Contents

Aberbargoed

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War Memorial Gates, Aberbargoed - geograph.org.uk - 3541224.jpg
More images 		War memorial Aberbargoed c.1925Memorial gates and plaquesCast metalGrade II Q29503375 [1] [2]

Bargoed

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Bargoed War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 3418321.jpg War memorialGarden of St Gwladys Church, Bargoed 1923Statue on pedestalGranite and stoneGrade IIRelocated to current location in 2002. [3] [4] [5]
Site of Capel Gwladys - geograph.org.uk - 625593.jpg Capel Gwladys cross Bargoed Celtic crossStoneMarks the location of Capel Gwladys, a 5th century Christian site. [6]

Bedwas

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Bedwas and Trethomas War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 2786555.jpg War memorialNewport Road, Bedwas 1923PillarMarble2.6m tallGrade II Q29498644 [7] [8]

Blackwood

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Blackwood Cenotaph - geograph.org.uk - 2294820.jpg War memorial Blackwood 1926CenotaphGranite and limestoneGrade II Q29503571 [9] [10] [11]
Chartist man at Blackwood - geograph.org.uk - 871126.jpg Chartist Blackwood StatueMetal

Brithdir

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Brithdir War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 4809931.jpg War memorial Brithdir CenotaphStone [12] [13]

Caerphilly

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Memorial to David Williams, Caerphilly, May 2020 05.jpg
More images 		David Williams Caerphilly 1911Obelisk with relief plaqueMarble and bronzeGrade II Q29498707 [14]
War Memorial, The Twyn - geograph.org.uk - 538621.jpg
More images 		War memorialCastle Street, Caerphilly 1922Lewis Williams (designer), CD Jones (sculptor)CenotaphPortland stoneGrade II Q29498708 [15] [16] [17]
Tommy Cooper - geograph.org.uk - 1466143.jpg
More images 		Tommy Cooper Caerphilly 2008James DoneStatue on pedestalBronze and granite2.7m tall [18]
Canadian Spitfire pilot memorial Caerphilly Mountain 2015Replica Spitfire proplellor and plaque [19] [20]

Cwmcarn

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Cwmcarn War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 2308735.jpg War memorialMemorial Park, Cwmcarn 1922Statue on columnBronze and stoneGrade II [21] [22] [23]

Llanbradach

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Llanbradach War Memorial November 2009.jpg War memorialPark View, Llanbradach Statue on columnMarble and Portland stoneGrade II Q29499348 [24] [25] [26]

Machen

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Machen War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 307581.jpg War memorialCommercial Road, Machen 1921Celtic crossGranite1.9m tallGrade II Q29498640 [27] [28] [29]

Nelson

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Nelson War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 6005017.jpg War memorial Nelson 1926CenotaphGraniteGrade II Q29501815 [30] [31]

Newbridge

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Newbridge War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 5226619.jpg War memorial Newbridge 1995PlaquesBronzeReplaced an earlier memorial now in the St Fagans National Museum of History [32] [33]

New Tredegar

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
New Tredegar War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 3644315.jpg War memorialWhite Rose Way, New Tredegar 1923Attributed to Louis Frederick Roslyn Statue group on pedestalMarble and red graniteGrade II Q29502441 [34] [35]

Oakdale

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Miners' Memorial, Oakdale - geograph.org.uk - 529261.jpg Oakdale Colliery memorial Oakdale, Caerphilly SculptureMetal and stone [36]

Pontllanfraith

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Pontllanfraith - War Memorial - 20210406123617.jpg War memorialCouncil Office grounds, Pontllanfraith c.1920sCenotaphGraniteGrade II Q29498934 [37] [38] [39]

Pontlottyn

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War memorialMemorial Garden, Pontlottyn c.1920sCeltic cross with plaqueStone [40] [41]

Risca

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Statue of Samson in Tredegar Grounds park, Risca (geograph 3822112).jpg Jubilee memorialTredegar Grounds, Risca c.1890sW Macfarlane & Co, GlasgowStatue on pedestalBronzeGrade II Q29499706 [42]
Risca War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 5249791.jpg
More images 		War memorial Risca c.1920sPillar with circle crossGranite [43] [44]
Pontymister War Memorial (geograph 5825991).jpg Grammar School war memorialCorner of Station Road and Commercial Street, Risca c.1920sCeltic crossStoneIn current position since 2011 [45] [46]

Rhymney

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War Memorial, Rhymney - geograph.org.uk - 1083134.jpg War memorial Rhymney 1929E.A. GilbertCeltic crossGranite5m tallGrade II Q29502139 [47] [48] [49]

Rudry

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War Memorial in churchyard of St James, Rudry, May 2020 04.jpg
More images 		War memorialChurchyard of St James, Rudry Celtic crossGraniteGrade II Q29498768 [50] [51]

Senghenydd

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Grade II listed Senghenydd War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 2922796.jpg War memorial Senghenydd 1921Clock towerGraniteGrade II Q29499211 [52] [53] [54]

Tir-Phil

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Tirphil War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 3645569.jpg War memorial Tir-Phil Clock towerStoneIncludes elements from an earlier, now demolished, memorial. [55] [56]

Tir-y-berth

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Tir-y-berth War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 3449464.jpg War memorialWest Side New Road, Tir-y-berthCrossStone [57] [58]

Troedrhiwfuwch

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Troedrhiwfuwch War Memorial detail (geograph 5918363).jpg War memorialTroedrhiwfuwchCeltic crossStoneSite of a former mining village. [59] [60]

Ystrad Mynach

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Ystrad Mynach and Hengoed War Memorial in Ystrad Mynach - geograph.org.uk - 6172154.jpg War memorial Ystrad Mynach 1927CenotaphPortland stoneGrade II [61] [62] [63]

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  2. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Aberbargoed Gate". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
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