This is a list of public art in Denbighshire in north-east Wales. Denbighshire's borders were established in 1996 under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 and differ from those of the historic county of the same name. 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.
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Betws Gwerfil Goch
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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War memorial | Maerdy Road, Betws Gwerfil Goch | Obelisk on pedestal | Granite | [1] |
Bodelwyddan
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Canadian soldiers memorial | Parish Church of St Margaret, Bodelwyddan | 1919 | W. Mansley & Son, monumental sculptors | Cross on pedestal | Red sandstone | [2][3] | ||||
Obelisk | Bodelwyddan Castle | Obelisk | Stone | |||||||
Medieval knight | Bodelwyddan Castle | 1840 | c.Statue in niche | Stone |
Bodfari
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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War memorial | St Stephen's Church, Bodfari | Statue on pedestal | Granite | [4] |
Carrog
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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War memorial | St Bridget's Church, Carrog | Wall-mounted tablet | Red marble on stone wall | [5][6] | ||||||
Celtic crosses | St Bridget's Church, Carrog | Celtic wheel crosses | Stone | [7] |
Corwen
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Preaching cross | SS Mael and Sulien's Church, Corwen | c. 9th–12th centuries | Stone | Q17739976 | [8] | |||||
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Owain Glyndŵr | Corwen | 2007 | Colin Spofforth | Statue on pedestal | Bronze on stone | 4.5m high | [9] |
Denbigh
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Evan Pierce memorial | Denbigh | 1872 | Martin Underwood (column), W. and T. Wills (statue) and Mario Raggi (panels) | Statue on pillar with relief panels | Marble, limestone and bronze | 15m high | Grade II* | Q17741187 | [10][11] | |
War memorial | St Marcella churchyard, Denbigh | Celtic cross on pedestal | [12] | |||||||
War memorial | Crown Square, Denbigh | 1923 | Charles Leonard Hartwell | Statue of winged Peace on pedestal | Stone | 3m high | Grade II | Q29500708 | [13][14][15] | |
Henry Morton Stanley | Outside Denbigh Library | 2011 | Nick Elphick | Statue | Bronze | [16] |
Glyndyfrdwy
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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War memorial | Beside the A5, Glyndyfrdwy | Celtic cross on pedestal | Granite | [17][18] |
Llangollen
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Pillar of Eliseg | Llangollen | c. 9th century | Cyngen ap Cadell | Pillar | Stone | Grade I | Q3090852 | [10][19] | |
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War memorial | Bridge St., Llangollen | Celtic wheel cross and plaque | Granite | [20][21] |
Prestatyn
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Pochin's fountain | High Street, Prestatyn | Fountain | Granite | [22] | ||||||
Coat of arms | Former Council Offices, Nant Hall Road, Prestatyn | Relief plaque | Red brick | |||||||
War memorial | Christ Church, High St., Prestatyn | 1920 | Leonard Barnard (architect) | Eleanor Cross on stepped base | Portland stone | 6.0m high | Grade II | Q29502678 | Masons: RL Boulton & Sons.[23][24][25] | |
Mother and child | Near High Street, Prestatyn | Sculpture | Bronze | |||||||
Beginning and End | Prestatyn | 2009 | Sculpture | Metal | Marks the northern end of Offa's Dyke path.[26] |
Rhuddlan
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Sir William Shipley Conwy memorial | St Mary's Church, Rhuddlan | Celtic cross | Stone | |||||||
John Lunt memorial | St Mary's Church Rhuddlan | Statue on pdestal | Stone | Memorial to John Lunt, 1825–1884, sculptor. |
Rhyl
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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War memorial | Garden of Remembrance, Rhyl | 1904 | Herbert Chatham | Statue on pedestal and 2 miniature cenotaphs | Carrara marble statue, granite pedestal | Originally constructed as a Boer War memorial, subsequently expanded and relocated.[27][28] | ||||
Clock tower | Rhyl | Clock tower | Stone & limestone | |||||||
1853 Lifeboat tragedy | Promenade, Rhyl | 2013 | Mike Owens | Sculpture | Oak | [29][30] | ||||
Belgian refugee memorial | Garden of Remembrance, Rhyl | 2015 | Sculpture | [31] |
Ruthin
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Peers Memorial | St Peter's Square, Ruthin | 1883 | John Douglas | Clock tower | Stone | Grade II | Q7160462 | [32] | ||
Gorsedd stones | Ruthin | Stone circle | Granite | |||||||
War memorial | Ruthin | 1925 | Harold Hughes | Celtic cross | Stone | 3m high | Grade II | Q29507901 | [33][34][35] | |
Tom Pryce memorial | Ruthin | 2009 | Neil Dalrymple | Relief panel | Bronze resin | 2.5m by 1m | [36] | |||
Lion | Ruthin Castle | Statue | Stone | |||||||
Plas Meddyg mural | Ruthin | Maggie Humphry | Mural |
St Asaph
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Bible Translators' Memorial |
St Asaph Cathedral | 1892 | Middleton & Prothero | Octagonal tower, loosely derived from the Eleanor crosses, with statues | Stone | Grade II | Q29481806 | Unveiled 22 April 1892.[37][38] | |
War memorial | St Kentigern and St Asaph Parish Church, St Asaph | 1920s | Celtic cross on pedestal | [39][40] | ||||||
Henry Morton Stanley | St Asaph | 2010 | Gary and Thomas Thrussell | Pillar | Metal | 4m high | [41] |
References
edit- ^ "Betws Gwerfil Goch". Clwyd Family History Society. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Canadian Soldiers at Kinmel Camp". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Canadian war graves, Bodelwyddan". historypoints.org. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Bodfari". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Carrog". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Carrog war memorial". historypoints.org. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ Cadw. "St Bridget's Church, Carrog (15542)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ Cadw. "Churchyard Cross (667)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Owain Glyndwr statue, Corwen". historypoints.org. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ a b Jo Darke (1991). The Monument Guide to England and Wales. Macdonald Illustrated. ISBN 0 356 17609 6.
- ^ Cadw. "Pierce's Memorial (1049)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Denbigh". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Denbigh". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Denbigh war memorial". historypoints.org. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ Cadw. "War Memorial (23579)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "HM Stanley statue unveiled in his hometown of Denbigh". BBC News. 17 March 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Glyndyfrdwy Memorial Cross". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "Glyndyfrdwy war memorial". historypoints.org. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ Cadw. "Eliseg's Pillar (19678)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Llangollen and Llantysillio – WWI and WWII". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Llangollen war memorial". historypoints.org. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ Cadw. "Gladstone fountain, Hawarden (15079)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Prestatyn". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "Prestatyn war memorials". historypoints.org. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ Cadw. "War memorial at Christ Church (25743)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "Sculpture cordoned off for safety". BBC News. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "War memorial, Rhyl". historypoints.org. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Rhyl". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "1853 lifeboat tragedy memorial, Rhyl". historypoints.org. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "Memorial marks 160th anniversary of Rhyl lifeboat tragedy". BBC News. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "Belgian refugee memorial, Rhyl". historypoints.org. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ Cadw. "Peers Memorial (87339)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ Cadw. "War Memorial (87355)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Ruthin – WWI, WWII and Falklands Campaign". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Ruthin war memorial". historypoints.org. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ Robin Turner (1 March 2009). "Home town memorial for Tom Pryce planned". WalesOnline. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "Bible translator's memorial, St Asaph". historypoints.org. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ Cadw. "Translators' Memorial (1461)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Men of St Asaph". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "War memorial, St Asaph". historypoints.org. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Second statue of HM Stanley for Denbighshire". BBC News. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2020.