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This is a list of public art in Gwynedd in north Wales. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and does not, for example, include artworks in museums.
Abergwyngregyn
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Memorial to Kinnaird | Abergwyngregyn | c.1930 | Obelisk | Stone | Kinnaird was a racehorse who won 19 races in the 1920s. |
Abergynolwyn
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Monument to Mary Jones | Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Abergynolwyn | Obelisk on segmented base | Granite | Grade II | [1][2][3] |
Bala
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Thomas Edward Ellis | High Street, Bala | 1903 | William Goscombe John | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | Grade II | Q29502898 | [3][4] | |
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Thomas Charles | Outside Capel Tegid, Bala | 1875 | William Davies (Mynorydd) of Merthyr Tyfil | Statue on tall plinth | White marble | Grade II | Q29495875 | [3][5] |
Bangor
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Bangor Railway Institute war memorial | Bangor Railway Station | 1919 | Plaque | Black marble | 0.9m x 0.4m | Originally located in St David's Church, Glenadda, relocated in 2019.[6][7] | ||||
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War memorial | Memorial Gardens, Bangor | 1923 | Messrs J Gibbons, JD Williams, Frank Bellis, W Parry | Octagonal cross on a stepped plinth with piers | Stone | 7m high | Grade II | Q29483741 | [8][9][10] |
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Stones of Remembrance | Memorial Gardens, Bangor | c.1999 | Two monoliths, each set in a raised bed of boulders | Stone | [11] |
Barmouth
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Cardigan Bay Dolphins | Barmouth | Sculpture group | |||||||
War memorial | Park Road, Barmouth | Pillar in 3 sections | Stone | [12][13] |
Beddgelert
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War memorial | Beddgelert | Column with wheel cross | Red granite | 2.6m high | [14][15] |
Bethesda
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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War memorial | Jerusalem Chapel, Bethesda | 1923 | RJ Hughes & Richard Williams | Cenotaph | Stone | 7m high | Grade II | Q29495883 | [16][17][18] |
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Penrhyn Quarry Strike Memorial | Bethesda | 2000 | Monolith | Slate | [19] |
Caernarfon
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Hugh Owen | Castle Square, Caernarfon | 1887 | James Milo Griffith | Statue on plinth | Bronze and Anglesey stone | Grade II | Q29483624 | Plinth by Hugh Jones of Caernarfon.[3][20] | |
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David Lloyd George | Castle Square, Caernarfon | 1921 | William Goscombe John | Statue on plinth | Grade II | Q29483625 | Statue cast at AB Burton, Thames Ditton. Base by J Fletcher of Caernarfon.[3][21] | ||
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War memorial | Castle Square, Caernarfon | 1922 | Rowland Lloyd Jones, County Architect | Cenotaph | Stone | Grade II | Q29503405 | Built by J&H Patterson of Manchester.[22][23][24] | |
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Llywelyn ap Gruffudd memorial | Castle Street, Caernarfon | 1987 | Jonah Jones | Column with eagle sculpture | Stone and aluminium | 4.5m high | Also known as the 1282 Memorial |
Corris
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Alfred W. Hughes Memorial | Corris | 1905 | Goscombe John | Celtic cross on pedestal with a bronze plaque | Granite | Grade II | Q2949920 | [3][25][26] |
Harlech
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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The Two Kings | Harlech | 1984 | Ivor Roberts-Jones | Statue | Figures represent Bran the Blessed and Gwern from the Mabinogion. |
Llanberis
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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War memorial | Llanberis | 1921 | Tapered column with cross | Stone | [27][28] |
Llanfrothen
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Augustus | Plas Brondanw, Llanfrothen | 18th-century or early 19th | Statue on column | Stone | Grade II | Q29497194 | [29] | ||
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Flaming Urn monument | Plas Brondanw, Llanfrothen | 1953 | Sir Clough Williams-Ellis | Urn on column, pedestal & plinth | Stone | 3.5m | Grade II | Q29497168 | Erected to mark the rebuilding of Plas Brondanw after a 1951 fire.[30] |
Llanuwchllyn
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Owen Morgan Edwards and Ifan ab Owen Edwards | Llanuwchllyn | 1972 | Jonah Jones | Two statues on a plinth | Bronze | [3][31] |
Llanystumdwy
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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David Lloyd George | Lloyd George Museum, Llanystumdwy | 1921 | Kathleen Scott | Bust on pillar | Bronze | [3] |
Maentwrog
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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War memorial | Garden of Rembrance, Maentwrog | 1922 | Messers G Maile & Son Ltd | Wheel cross on pedestal and stepped plinth | Granite | 3.5m high | [32] |
Morfa Nefyn
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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War memorial | St Marys Church, Morfa Nefyn | 1922 | Obelisk | Granite | [33] |
Nefyn
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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War memorial | Nefyn | Wheel head cross | Stone | [34] |
Pennal
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Owain Glyndŵr | Pennal | Statue |
Portmeiron
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Hercules | Portmeirion | Cast c.1863 | William Brodie | Statue on plinth | Bronze statue | Grade II | Q29484475 | [35] | |
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Lord Nelson | Portmeirion | Painted sculpture | Cocade stone | Grade II | Q29484480 | [36] | |||
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Burmese dancer | Portmeirion | Painted sculpture | Grade II | ||||||
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Gautama Buddha | Portmeiron | c.1958 | Gilded statue | Plaster | Grade II | [37] |
Pwllheli
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War memorial | Pwllheli | 1924 | John Summers & John Williams of Pwllheli | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and granite | 8m high | Grade II | Q29484149 | [38][39][40] |
Trawsfynydd
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Hedd Wyn | Trawsfynydd | 1923 | Leonard Stanford Merrifield | Statue on a stepped plinth with tablet | Bronze, stone and slate | Grade II | Q29505236 | [3][41][42] |
Y Rhiw
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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War memorial | Outside Capel Nebo, Y Rhiw | Column with urn | Red granite | [43] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Monument to Mary Jones, with vestiges of her early home, Ty'n-y-ddol". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ Cadw. "Monument to Mary Jones, with vestiges of her early home, Ty'n-y-ddol (23166)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Jo Darke (1991). The Monument Guide to England and Wales. Macdonald Illustrated. ISBN 0 356 17609 6.
- ^ Cadw. "Statue of T.E. Ellis, Bala (25995)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ Cadw. "Statue of Thomas Charles, Bala (including its railings), in front of Capel Tegid (18376)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register, Bangor Railway Institute Boys Corps WW1". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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- ^ "Barmouth war memorial". historypoints.org. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register, Barmouth Park WW1 and WW2". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Beddgelert war memorial". historypoints.org. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register, Beddgelert Memorial Wheel Cross". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Bethesda war memorial". historypoints.org. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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- ^ Cadw. "Statue of David Lloyd George (3843)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register, Caernarfon". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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- ^ Cadw. "Hughes Memorial (22742)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Welsh History Month: Corris Roadside Memorial". Wales Online. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register, Llanberis". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
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- ^ Cadw. "Bust of Augustus and Column (19822)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ Cadw. "Flaming Urn monument (19795)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ Meic Stephens (2 December 2004). "Jonah Jones Artist-craftsman in the tradition of Eric Gill". The Independent. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register, Maentwrog". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register, Morfa Nefyn Memorial Obelisk". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register, Nefyn Memorial Cross". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ Cadw. "Statue of Hercules (4890)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ Cadw. "Statue of Nelson (4895)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ Cadw. "Statue of Buddha (4889)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register, Pwllheli". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ Cadw. "War memorial, Pwllheli (4480)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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- ^ Cadw. "Statue of Hedd Wyn (82543)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Hedd Wyn - Private E H Evans". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register, Y Rhiw". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 18 February 2020.