List of public art in Gwynedd

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Location of Gwynedd within Wales

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[edit]

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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Memorial to Kinnaird Abergwyngregyn c.1930 Obelisk Stone Kinnaird was a racehorse who won 19 races in the 1920s.

Abergynolwyn[edit]

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Monument to Mary Jones Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Abergynolwyn Obelisk on segmented base Granite Grade II [1][2][3]

Bala[edit]

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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[edit]

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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
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[edit]

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Cardigan Bay Dolphins Barmouth Sculpture group
War memorial Park Road, Barmouth Pillar in 3 sections Stone [12][13]

Beddgelert[edit]

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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Beddgelert Column with wheel cross Red granite 2.6m high [14][15]

Bethesda[edit]

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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Jerusalem Chapel, Bethesda 1923 RJ Hughes & Richard Williams Cenotaph Stone 7m high Grade II Q29495883 [16][17][18]
Penrhyn Quarry Strike Memorial Bethesda 2000 Monolith Slate [19]

Caernarfon[edit]

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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]
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]
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[edit]

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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

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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[edit]

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The Two Kings Harlech 1984 Ivor Roberts-Jones Statue Figures represent Bran the Blessed and Gwern from the Mabinogion.

Llanberis[edit]

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War memorial Llanberis 1921 Tapered column with cross Stone [27][28]

Llanfrothen[edit]

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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Augustus Plas Brondanw, Llanfrothen 18th-century or early 19th Statue on column Stone Grade II Q29497194 [29]
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[edit]

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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Owen Morgan Edwards and Ifan ab Owen Edwards Llanuwchllyn 1972 Jonah Jones Two statues on a plinth Bronze [3][31]

Llanystumdwy[edit]

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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
David Lloyd George Lloyd George Museum, Llanystumdwy 1921 Kathleen Scott Bust on pillar Bronze [3]

Maentwrog[edit]

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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
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[edit]

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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial St Marys Church, Morfa Nefyn 1922 Obelisk Granite [33]

Nefyn[edit]

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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Nefyn Wheel head cross Stone [34]

Pennal[edit]

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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

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Owain Glyndŵr Pennal Statue

Portmeiron[edit]

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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]
Burmese dancer Portmeirion Painted sculpture Grade II
Gautama Buddha Portmeiron c.1958 Gilded statue Plaster Grade II [37]

Pwllheli[edit]

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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
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[edit]

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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

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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[edit]

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Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Outside Capel Nebo, Y Rhiw Column with urn Red granite [43]

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