War Memorial Drinking Fountain
War Memorial Drinking Fountain
War Memorial Drinking Fountain
War Memorial Drinking Fountain
War Memorial Drinking Fountain
War Memorial Drinking Fountain
War Memorial Drinking Fountain

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A freestanding memorial in pale green and white moulded and glazed faience blocks with a dark green cast-iron drinking bowl above a segmental arch and recessed and inset tablet. There is an inscription and floral leaf decoration below a semi-circular arch and acanthus keystone. It has cast emblems of Royal Welch Fusiliers to left and Grenadier Guards to right and a rubble stone rear support wall and flanking walls with marble First and Second World War tablets added later. It is commemorating two men from the village who died serving in the Second Anglo-Boer War. The memorial was first erected further west along the A5, set into the wall. In this position it was in grave danger from the traffic and had over the years received many knocks. In 1995 Mr Charlie Mellish, Chairman, Llangollen Rural Community Council began a campaign to have the memorial moved and restored.

Title

War Memorial Drinking Fountain

Date

1909

Medium

stone & cast iron

Measurements

H 285 x W 335 x D 150 cm

Accession number

LL20_AEB_S001

Acquisition method

erected by public subscription

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Wrexham County Borough Council

Custodian

Wrexham County Borough Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

11/06/98

Access

at all times

Inscription description

inscription commemorates Private William Williams of the Royal Welch Fusiliers and Private John James of the Grenadier Guards who died in 1900 during the Boer War; the work is flanked by tablets commemorating the fallen of the First and Second World Wars

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Located at

A5, Froncysylite

LL20 7ST

Located on the south side of the A5, set against the churchyard of Saint David's Church.