List of public art in Gwynedd

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.

Location of Gwynedd within Wales

Abergwyngregyn

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Memorial to Kinnaird Abergwyngregyn c.1930 ObeliskStone Kinnaird was a racehorse who won 19 races in the 1920s.

Abergynolwyn

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Mary Jones's Monument Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Abergynolwyn Obelisk on segmented baseStone Grade II [1][2]

Bala

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Thomas Edward Ellis Bala 1903William Goscombe John Statue on pedestal Grade IIQ29502898 [3]

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Thomas Charles Outside Capel Tegid, Bala 1875William Davies (Mynorydd) of Merthyr Tyfil Statue on tall plinthWhite marble Grade IIQ29495875 [4]

Bangor

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Bangor Railway Institute war memorial Bangor Railway Station 1919 PlaqueBlack marble0.9m x 0.4m Originally located in St David's Church, Glenadda, relocated in 2019.[5][6]

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War memorial Memorial Gardens, Bangor 1923Messrs J Gibbons, JD Williams, Frank Bellis, W Parry Octagonal cross on a stepped plinth with piersStone7m high Grade IIQ29483741 [7][8][9]

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Stones of Remembrance Memorial Gardens, Bangor c.1999 Two monoliths, each set in a raised bed of bouldersStone [10]

Barmouth

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Cardigan Bay Dolphins Barmouth Sculpture group
War memorial Park Road, Barmouth Pillar in 3 sectionsStone [11][12]

Beddgelert

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War memorial Beddgelert Column with wheel crossRed granite2.6m high [13][14]

Bethesda

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DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
War memorial Jerusalem Chapel, Bethesda 1923RJ Hughes & Richard Williams CenotaphStone7m high Grade IIQ29495883 [15][16][17]
Penrhyn Quarry Strike Memorial Bethesda 2000 MonolithSlate [18]

Caernarfon

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Hugh Owen Castle Square, Caernarfon 1887James Milo Griffith Statue on plinthBronze and Anglesey stone Grade IIQ29483624 Plinth by Hugh Jones of Caernarfon.[19]

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David Lloyd George Castle Square, Caernarfon 1921William Goscombe John Statue on plinth Grade IIQ29483625 Statue cast at AB Burton, Thames Ditton. Base by J Fletcher of Caernarfon.[20]
War memorial Castle Square, Caernarfon 1922Rowland Lloyd Jones, County Architect CenotaphStone Grade IIQ29503405 Built by J&H Patterson of Manchester.[21][22][23]
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd memorial Castle Street, Caernarfon 1987Jonah Jones Column with eagle sculptureStone and aluminium4.5m high Also known as the 1282 Memorial

Corris

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Alfred W. Hughes Memorial Corris 1905Goscombe John Celtic cross on pedestal with a bronze plaqueGranite Grade IIQ2949920 [24][25]

Harlech

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

Llanberis

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War memorial Llanberis 1921 Tapered column with crossStone [26][27]

Llanfrothen

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Augustus Plas Brondanw, Llanfrothen 18th-century or early 19th Statue on columnStone Grade IIQ29497194 [28]
Flaming Urn monument Plas Brondanw, Llanfrothen 1953Sir Clough Williams-Ellis Urn on column, pedestal & plinthStone3.5m Grade IIQ29497168 Erected to mark the rebuilding of Plas Brondanw after a 1951 fire.[29]

Llanuwchllyn

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DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Owen Morgan Edwards and Ifan ab Owen Edwards Llanuwchllyn 1972Jonah Jones Two statues on a plinth [30]

Maentwrog

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DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
War memorial Garden of Rembrance, Maentwrog 1922Messers G Maile & Son Ltd Wheel cross on pedestal and stepped plinthGranite3.5m high [31]


Morfa Nefyn

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War memorial St Marys Church, Morfa Nefyn 1922 ObeliskGranite [32]

Nefyn

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War memorial Nefyn Wheel head crossStone [33]

Pennal

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Owain Glyndŵr Pennal Statue

Portmeiron

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Hercules Portmeirion Cast c.1863William Brodie Statue on plinthBronze statue Grade IIQ29484475 [34]

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Lord Nelson Portmeirion Painted sculptureCocade stone Grade IIQ29484480 [35]
Burmese dancer Portmeirion Painted sculpture Grade II
Gautama Buddha Portmeiron c.1958 Gilded statuePlaster Grade II [36]

Pwllheli

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DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
War memorial Pwllheli 1924John Summers & John Williams of Pwllheli Statue on pedestalBronze and granite8m high Grade IIQ29484149 [37][38][39]

Trawsfynydd

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Hedd Wyn Trawsfynydd 1923Leonard Stanford Merrifield Statue on a stepped plinth with tabletBronze, stone and slate Grade IIQ29505236 [40][41]

Y Rhiw

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War memorial Outside Capel Nebo, Y Rhiw Column with urnRed granite [42]

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