Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bulkeley Monument
Beaumaris, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Twr Hill, Beaumaris, Isle of Anglesey, designated on 23 September 1950.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 23 September 1950
- Locality
- Twr Hill
- Community
- Beaumaris
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.27293, -4.11417
- Cadw reference
- 5700
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)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 94 Beaumaris (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
In a field on the summit of Twr Hill, on the NE side of a minor road between Beaumaris and Llanddona, approximately 1.8km NW of Beaumaris.
History
Built to commemorate Sir Richard Bulkeley Williams Bulkeley (1801-75), and shown on the 1889 Ordnance Survey. Sir Richard inherited Baron Hill in 1822 from his uncle, the 7th Viscount Bulkeley. He remodelled the house and grounds and, as the dominant landowner in Beaumaris, he initiated much of the town's C19 development as a resort.
Exterior
A tall ashlar obelisk on a broad levelled platform, and a coursed rock-faced plinth with diagonal buttresses. The base is panelled, with inscription on the S side, under a moulded cornice.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a fine and prominent memorial to a member of the most important gentry family in Beaumaris and a leading figure in the C19 development of Beaumaris town.
Nearby in the register
- Barn at Twr HillAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Bryn BelaDomesticunder 1 mi
- Boundary stone N of Bryn BelaCivilunder 1 mi
- ElusendaiHealth and Welfareunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.