Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
War Memorial, including Lamp Standards and Bollards
Llandudno, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llandudno, Conwy, designated on 16 March 1976.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 16 March 1976
- Locality
- Llandudno
- Community
- Llandudno
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.32628, -3.83038
- Cadw reference
- 3475
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 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)
- 1885 · OS One-Inch (Hills) 1885-1903 (National Library of Scotland)
- 1899 · 94 Beaumaris (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1930 · OS Popular Edition 1919-1947 (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
On prominent position on Promenade.
History
1920s; designed by by S Colwyn Foulkes.
Exterior
War Memorial in form of rusticated granite obelisk with golden ball finial with flame cresting. Near the base of the shaft there are tablets bearing the names of local men killed in 1914-13 and 1939-45 World Wars; stepped base. The memorial is flanked to North-west and South-east by strips of ground set out with low slender bollards of granite and with 4 contemporary lamp standards with wide fluted circular shafts with moulded bases, each shaft surmounted by multi ball lamp finials of glass.
Reason for designation
Striking war memorial by important local architect on key site at intersection of Gloddaeth Street and Promenade.
Nearby in the register
- Lamp StandardGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- 7 South ParadeCommercialunder 1 mi
- 8 South ParadeCommercialunder 1 mi
- Marlborough HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.