Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
19961
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
11/06/1998
Date of Amendment
11/06/1998
Name of Property
War Memorial
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Llangollen Rural
Town
Llangollen
Locality
Froncysyllte
Easting
327359
Northing
341141
Street Side
S
Location
Situated at S side of A5 road next to graveyard of St David's Church.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Erected in 1909 by public subscription to commemorate deaths of Private William Williams of Royal Welch Fusiliers and Private John James of Grenadier Guards in 1900 during South Africa War. Subsequently flanked by tablets commemorating dead of First and Second World Wars.
Exterior
Free-standing memorial in pale green and white moulded and glazed faience blocks with dark green cast-iron drinking bowl above segmental arch and recessed and inset tablet with inscription and floral leaf decoration below semi-circular arch with acanthus key-stone. Cast emblems of Royal Welch Fusiliers to left and Grenadier Guards to right. Rubble stone rear support wall and flanking walls with marble First and Second World War tablets added later.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an unusually designed pre-First World War memorial, using probably locally manufactured materials.
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