Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
War Memorial
Penycae, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Penycae, Wrexham, designated on 15 January 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 15 January 1996
- Locality
- Penycae
- Community
- Penycae
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.99963, -3.07345
- Cadw reference
- 17088
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "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).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Opposite Hill Street at the centre of the village.
Exterior
Erected c1920. White marble. A square section column on a stepped base carries the statue of a soldier leaning on a rifle. Inscriptions in leaded letters carried on shaped panels on the column, and on the base.
Reason for designation
A typical example of a war-memorial which is a prominent feature of the village centre.
Nearby in the register
- Ty BrithDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St ThomasReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Former VicarageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Wynn HallDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.