Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
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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