Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
War Memorial at Monmouth Boys School
Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, designated on 10 August 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 10 August 2005
- Locality
- Monmouth
- Town
- Monmouth
- Community
- Monmouth
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.81153, -2.71174
- Cadw reference
- 85009
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 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · 233 Monmouth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
In a group in between the town centre and the River Wye in the internal quadrangle of Monmouth School.
History
c1920 and erected as a memorial to the fallen of WWI.
Exterior
Constructed of grey Cornish granite and designed as a combination of a late medieval preaching cross and an Elizabethan sundial. Three square diminishing steps carry a plinth inscribed with the names of the fallen, This has a flat coping and a square socket stone also inscribed. A circular shaft with base mould and cap carries a panelled block like a sundial. This also has a coping and is capped by a pyramid, a ball and a cross.
Reason for designation
Included as a War Memorial in the Monmouth town centre and for its additional historic interest as a part of an important town grammar school.
Nearby in the register
- Block between the Library and the Almshouses including the William Jones Room, Monmouth Boys SchoolNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Chapel and Library, Monmouth Boys SchoolReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Day Houses and School House, Monmouth Boys SchoolEducationunder 1 mi
- Jones Almshouses (part of Monmouth Boys School)Health and Welfareunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.