Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
War Memorial
Llansannan, Conwy, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 21 July 1999
- Locality
- Llansannan
- Community
- Llansannan
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.17867, -3.59716
- Cadw reference
- 22061
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
Set back slightly from the N side of the A544 and directly in front of the porch of the Surgery, one of a terrace of cottages in the centre of the village of Llansannan.
History
First World War memorial; erected in the 1920's to commemorate the men of the parish who lost their lives in the 1914-1918 War.
Exterior
Austere memorial comprising of a limestone obelisk on a plinth, carved with an inscription to the men of the parish who died in the war of 1914-1918; set upon a tall limestone chest with recessed panels to each side, the front panel with a painted brass memorial plate bearing the names of the men of the parish who lost their lives in the First world war. The memorial is set upon a shallow limestone base and is enclosed within a small area to the front of the Surgery, each side has short railings with fleur de lys finials.
Reason for designation
Included as a simple early C20 War Memorial which forms part of a group with the adjacent terrace at the centre of the village.
Nearby in the register
- SurgeryHealth and Welfareunder 1 mi
- ExchangeDomesticunder 1 mi
- GorphwysfaDomesticunder 1 mi
- Crown HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.