Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
War Memorial Gates
Corwen, Denbighshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 1 February 1995
- Locality
- Corwen
- Community
- Corwen
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.98206, -3.37363
- Cadw reference
- 15536
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Cadw's description
Location
Entrance gates to the recreation ground, facing down Lon Las.
History
Erected as a memorial to the dead of the First World War, with supplementary panels recording the dead of the Second World War and subsequent conflicts.
Exterior
Cast iron, the paired main gates are flanked by hollow piers, and there are flat piers to either side of the footgates. Quadrant railings to either side. The gates and piers are enriched with scroll-work decoration, and are surmounted by ornate scrolled finials. The main gates and footgates have ornate lock bars and scrolled arched heads. There are simplified scroll-work panels strengthening the flanking quadrant railings. The memorial panels are attached to the main piers, with the later panels added to the gates themselves.
Reason for designation
An unusual town war memorial, and a good example of decorative cast iron work.
Nearby in the register
- Central HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
- London HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Harp HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
- National Westminster BankCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.