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
87420
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/12/2005
Date of Amendment
30/12/2005
Name of Property
Conwy war memorial
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Conwy
Town
Conwy
Locality
Bodlondeb
Easting
277942
Northing
377890
Street Side
Location
To the SW of and part of the forecourt of Bodlondeb.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Unveiled in 1921. It stood originally in Castle Square. It was later moved to the forecourt of Bodlondeb, occupying the position of a former sundial.
Exterior
Simple granite obelisk memorial, rock-faced with margin drafting. It stands on a stepped plinth, the lower step of which is reconstituted stone (the plinth for the former sundial), the upper 2 steps with Welsh and English commemorative inscriptions on the N and W sides. Above the square base the obelisk, in 2 pieces, has relief roundels with borough seal near the bottom and Celtic cross near the pinnacle, and on the N side a bronze wreath.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its social-historical interest and as a relatively simple but well-detailed memorial.
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