Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
84543
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/06/2005
Date of Amendment
24/06/2005
Name of Property
Memorial at entrance to War Memorial Cottage Hospital
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Tywyn
Town
Tywyn
Locality
Tywyn
Easting
259020
Northing
300509
Street Side
NE
Location
At the entrance to the hhispital just E of the junction with Ffordd Cadfan.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Built in 1922, contemporary with the hospital, and probably by F. Howarth, architect of Tywyn, who built the hospital.
Exterior
A simple classical-style memorial comprising an inscription panel framed by square piers incorporating mouldings of a shouldered architrave, entablature and parapet, of whitened scribed roughcast. The inscription reads 'Towyn & District War Memorial Cottage Hospital' in large raised letters, beneath which in smaller letters is 'Visiting days Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 2 till 4'. The entablature has '1939' and '1945' added in raised numerals either side of the keystone. The coped parapet has '1914' and '1918' in raised numerals to the caps of the piers. Flanking rubble stone walls have moulded copings and terminal square piers.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a well-detailed memorial and for group value with the hospital.
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