Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
20515
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/09/1998
Date of Amendment
23/09/1998
Name of Property
War memorial
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Community
Trewalchmai
Town
Locality
Gwalchmai
Easting
238844
Northing
376296
Street Side
N
Location
Prominently sited in the centre of the village of Gwalchmai; within a railed enclosure slightly set back from the N side of the A5(T) Holyhead Road.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Erected in 1926; built by John Griffiths, Monumental Works, Llangefni.
Exterior
Memorial clock tower. Three stages; the lowest is faced with rock-faced limestone masonry (the name of the builder and date of construction incised at the SE corner); the upper stages are ashlar with chamfered angles. Each stage has a moulded cornice, the clock stage with cornice arched over each clock face; the domed cap is surmounted by a plain cross. The second stage of the tower has a rectangular commemorative plaque in the S face to the men of Gwalchmai who fell in the First World War (a shorter plaque added on the E face following the Second World War). The S face carries a wreath in bas-relief set above the memorial plaque ; other faces have narrow, elliptical-headed louvred ventilation slits. Each face of the clock stage has a circular clock face with moulded surround; entry to the workings through a narrow doorway in the rear (N) elevation).
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an ambitiously designed and detailed memorial clock tower which is a prominent feature in the centre of the village.
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