Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pedestal & Bronze Statue of Daniel Owen
Mold, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Mold, Flintshire, designated on 30 March 1987.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 30 March 1987
- Town
- Mold
- Community
- Mold
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.16709, -3.14325
- Cadw reference
- 365
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 · 108 Flint (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
In the library precinct off Earl Road. Recently relocated.
History
c1896
Exterior
Bronze full figure statue of the Welsh novelist Daniel Owen (1836-1895); in an informal stance wearing a frock coat and holding a book. Moulded limestone and sandstone pedestal set upon a modern, stepped, brick plinth.
Signed W G John (Sir William Goscombe John (1860-1952)), it was the sculptor's first public statue.
Reason for designation
Special architectural and historic interest as a late C19 memorial and statue by a noted sculptor; of an author of importance in Wales.
Nearby in the register
- Town HallCivilunder 1 mi
- Territorial Force AssociationInstitutionalunder 1 mi
- Earl Chambers (Chester Chronicle Building)Commercialunder 1 mi
- Earl Buildings including Town & Country & C.WilcoxCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.