Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
War memorial
Trewalchmai, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Gwalchmai, Trewalchmai, Isle of Anglesey, designated on 23 September 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 23 September 1998
- Locality
- Gwalchmai
- Community
- Trewalchmai
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.25912, -4.41744
- Cadw reference
- 20515
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 93 Holyhead (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Prominently sited in the centre of the village of Gwalchmai; within a railed enclosure slightly set back from the N side of the A5(T) Holyhead Road.
History
Erected in 1926; built by John Griffiths, Monumental Works, Llangefni.
Exterior
Memorial clock tower. Three stages; the lowest is faced with rock-faced limestone masonry (the name of the builder and date of construction incised at the SE corner); the upper stages are ashlar with chamfered angles. Each stage has a moulded cornice, the clock stage with cornice arched over each clock face; the domed cap is surmounted by a plain cross. The second stage of the tower has a rectangular commemorative plaque in the S face to the men of Gwalchmai who fell in the First World War (a shorter plaque added on the E face following the Second World War). The S face carries a wreath in bas-relief set above the memorial plaque ; other faces have narrow, elliptical-headed louvred ventilation slits. Each face of the clock stage has a circular clock face with moulded surround; entry to the workings through a narrow doorway in the rear (N) elevation).
Reason for designation
Listed as an ambitiously designed and detailed memorial clock tower which is a prominent feature in the centre of the village.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St. MorhaiarnReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Melin GwalchmaiIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Ty CapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Jerusalem ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.