Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Jubilee Monument & Fountain to Queen Victoria
Llandudno, Conwy, Wales
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
- 53.33038, -3.83035
- Cadw reference
- 5800
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
To S of Toll Lodge, and E of Gorsedd Circle at happy Valley.
Exterior
Bronze bust of Queen Victoria upon a pedestal the sides of which are inscribed as follows: "This Fountain was erected in the Happy Valley to/commemorate the Jubilee of the Reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria and Empress of India by The Right Honourable Lady Augusta Mostyn Upon land presented to the Town of Llandudno by her son, the Right Honourable Llewellyn 3rd Baron Mostyn". The monument is sheltered by a free-standing canopy in the form of a baldachino with ribbed dome with finial above semi-circular sandstone arches with marble spandrils, the arches supported by free-standing granite columns on pedestals with form part of the podium to the whole monument; stepped base. Fountain basin incorporated in podium to monument. The dome flanked by four urn finials.
Reason for designation
Well-preserved late C19 monument.
Nearby in the register
- Lamp StandardGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Happy Valley Toll OfficeTransportunder 1 mi
- Happy Valley LodgeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Nine Lamp StandardsMiscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.