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
14276
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/02/1994
Date of Amendment
14/02/1994
Name of Property
War Memorial
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Rhyl
Town
Locality
Easting
301006
Northing
381935
Street Side
N
Location
Set back from the road on the northern side of the Gardens of Remembrance.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Originally erected to commemorate those who died in the Boer War, and unveiled in 1904, its original site was further west on the promenade near High Street. It was moved to its present site and the Garden of Remembrance opened in 1948.
Exterior
White ashlar. Two short cenotaph pylons flank a high central plinth on which stands the statue of a uniformed soldier. Original inscriptions are carried in a raised cartouche on the plinth, commemorating the Rhyl men who fell in the South African War, 1899-1902. Names of the dead of World War I are carried on copper plates on the side pylons, and those of World War II and more recent conflicts, on the sides of the central plinth.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of memorial sculpture, which is of particular interest as a commemoration of the Boer War.
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