Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Caernarfon War Memorial
Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 3 May 2002
- Locality
- Caernarfon
- Town
- Caernarfon
- Community
- Caernarfon
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.13932, -4.27417
- Cadw reference
- 26526
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 1883 "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Within the pedestrian precinct on the E side of Castle Square.
History
Erected in 1922 by Rowland Lloyd Jones, County Architect, and built by J & H Patterson of Manchester for £1120. A tablet commemorating the fallen of 1939-45 was added in 1950.
Exterior
A cenotaph type ashlar memorial on a square base. The base has polygonal corner turrets and an embattled top with relief-carved shields. Each face has a bronze plaque bearing a roll call in raised letters of the 1914-18 and 1939-45 wars. The tall tapering pillar has rebated angles with attached pinnacles. On the upper side of each face is a cross beneath a shallow canopy. The stepped crown is surmounted by a dragon.
Reason for designation
Listed for its social historical interest and as a strong commemorative design in a prominent location, and with other associated listed items for its contribution to the historic townscape and the setting of Caernarfon Castle.
Nearby in the register
- HSBC Bank, including forecourt balustradeCommercialunder 1 mi
- Castle Square Presbyterian Church of Wales, including forecourt walls and railingsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 22-23 Castle Square, including forecourt railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Post OfficeCommunicationsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.