War Memorial, Froncysyllte, Wrexham

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9627 / 52°57'45"N

Longitude: -3.0829 / 3°4'58"W

OS Eastings: 327359

OS Northings: 341141

OS Grid: SJ273411

Mapcode National: GBR 72.KFLN

Mapcode Global: WH785.MS5L

Plus Code: 9C4RXW78+3R

Entry Name: War Memorial

Listing Date: 11 June 1998

Last Amended: 11 June 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 19961

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300019961

Location: Situated at S side of A5 road next to graveyard of St David's Church.

County: Wrexham

Town: Llangollen

Community: Llangollen Rural (Llangollen Wledig)

Community: Llangollen Rural

Locality: Froncysyllte

Built-Up Area: Froncysyllte

Traditional County: Denbighshire

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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.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as an unusually designed pre-First World War memorial, using probably locally manufactured materials.

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War Memorial

A Grade II Listed Building in Froncysyllte, Wrexham