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
87801
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/07/2020
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Llangefni County School War Memorial
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Community
Llangefni
Town
Llangefni
Locality
Llangefni
Easting
245522
Northing
375823
Street Side
Location
Set back on the S side of Cildwrn Road in the grounds of the former Llangefni County School.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
Modern
History
War memorial commemorating pupils of the former County School killed in the First World War, erected in 1921. It was designed by W.F. Brindle and H.H. Williams, and built by John Griffiths of Llangefni.
Exterior
The stone (or reconstituted stone) statue of a soldier, with rifle pointing downwards, stands on a tall tapering freestone base. Slate tablets are fixed to the N side of the base, below a sculpted wreath. The larger tablet is inscribed with a roll call for 1914-18, below which is a smaller tablet commemorating those killed in 1939-45. The stepped freestone plinth is inscribed with names of various theatres of battle in the First World War.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its social-historical interest, and as a well-preserved and well-executed war memorial in a prominent location.
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