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.
Date of Designation
21/07/1999
Date of Amendment
21/07/1999
Name of Property
War Memorial
Location
Set back slightly from the N side of the A544 and directly in front of the porch of the Surgery, one of a terrace of cottages in the centre of the village of Llansannan.
Broad Class
Commemorative
History
First World War memorial; erected in the 1920's to commemorate the men of the parish who lost their lives in the 1914-1918 War.
Exterior
Austere memorial comprising of a limestone obelisk on a plinth, carved with an inscription to the men of the parish who died in the war of 1914-1918; set upon a tall limestone chest with recessed panels to each side, the front panel with a painted brass memorial plate bearing the names of the men of the parish who lost their lives in the First world war. The memorial is set upon a shallow limestone base and is enclosed within a small area to the front of the Surgery, each side has short railings with fleur de lys finials.
Reason for designation
Included as a simple early C20 War Memorial which forms part of a group with the adjacent terrace at the centre of the village.
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