Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
5700
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/09/1950
Date of Amendment
13/07/2005
Name of Property
Bulkeley Monument
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Community
Beaumaris
Town
Locality
Twr Hill
Easting
259116
Northing
377190
Street Side
Location
In a field on the summit of Twr Hill, on the NE side of a minor road between Beaumaris and Llanddona, approximately 1.8km NW of Beaumaris.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Built to commemorate Sir Richard Bulkeley Williams Bulkeley (1801-75), and shown on the 1889 Ordnance Survey. Sir Richard inherited Baron Hill in 1822 from his uncle, the 7th Viscount Bulkeley. He remodelled the house and grounds and, as the dominant landowner in Beaumaris, he initiated much of the town's C19 development as a resort.
Exterior
A tall ashlar obelisk on a broad levelled platform, and a coursed rock-faced plinth with diagonal buttresses. The base is panelled, with inscription on the S side, under a moulded cornice.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a fine and prominent memorial to a member of the most important gentry family in Beaumaris and a leading figure in the C19 development of Beaumaris town.
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