List of public art in Flintshire

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This is a list of public art in Flintshire , north-east Wales. Flintshire borders the English county of Cheshire to the east, Denbighshire to the west and Wrexham County Borough to the south. It is named after the historic county of Flintshire which had very different borders. 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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Bagillt

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War memorialHigh Street, Bagillt 1923Statue on pedestalMarble [1] [2]

Buckley

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Servicemen & women memorial, Buckley - DSCF1247.JPG Servicemen and women memorial Royal British Legion, Buckley 1983–84Cenotaph and sculptureStone and steel [3]
Alyn and Deeside district council coat of arms, Buckley - DSCF1123.JPG Alyn and Deeside Coat of Arms Buckley ReliefTerracotta

Caergwrle

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Caergwrle war memorial (3).JPG
More images 		War memorialWrexham Road, Caergwrle Celtic cross on stepped baseStone3m high [4]

Caerwys

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Memorial stone - geograph.org.uk - 241683.jpg Arthur Roberts memorial Caerwys MonolithSlate

Connah's Quay

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Connah's Quay and Shotton war memorial.JPG Connah's Quay and Shotton War MemorialHigh Street, Connah's Quay 1924Edward Jones (builder)Cross on pedestalStoneGrade II Q29506918 [5] [6]

Ffynnongroyw

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War memorialAll Saints Church, Ffynnongroyw 1994Pillar with urnGranite [7] [8]

Flint

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Flint war memorials and Castle Heights - geograph.org.uk - 1739502.jpg Boer War memorialChapel Street, Flint 1903ObeliskPink granite [9]
Flint war memorials and Castle Heights - geograph.org.uk - 1739502.jpg War memorialChapel Street, Flint W. B. Edwards (architect)CenotaphStone [10]
"Footplate" sculpture, Flint railway station (geograph 4031938).jpg FootplateRailway Station, Flint Brian FellSculptureMetal

Hawarden

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Gladstone Memorial Fountain, The Highway (S Side).jpg William and Catherine Gladstone fountainGlynne Way, Hawarden 1889 Edward O. Griffith Three-sided fountainStoneGrade II Q29492856 Erected to mark the golden wedding of William and Catherine Gladstone. [11]
Llyfrgell Sant Deiniol and Gladstone's Library Hawarden Penarlag 19.JPG Saint Deiniol Gladstone's Library, Hawarden 1902 John Douglas StatueStoneGrade I [12]
Penarlag - Church of St Deinol, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales 181.jpg Second Boer War memorial St Deiniol's Church, Hawarden Tapering cross on hexagonal baseStone [13]
Hawarden war memorial - 2013-06-01 (3).JPG
More images 		War memorialGladstone Way, Hawarden 1920 Giles Gilbert Scott Obelisk with nicheSandstone9.1m highGrade II Q29492871 Niche holds figure of Christ on the Cross. [14] [15]
Gladstone monument, Hawarden (3).JPG
More images 		William Ewart Gladstone Grounds of Gladstone's Library, Hawarden Erected 1925 John Hughes Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneGrade II Q29492802 Originally commissioned in 1910 for Dublin. [16] [17]

Mold

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Obelisk near Rhual - geograph.org.uk - 100623.jpg Hallelujah ObeliskRhual, near Mold1736ObeliskStoneMarks the site of a battle of AD 420. [18]
Daniel Owen.JPG
More images 		Daniel Owen Daniel Owen Precinct, Mold, Flintshire 1896 Goscombe John Statue on pedestalBronze & stoneGrade II Q29480968 [19] [20]
Bryn y Beili, yr Wyddgrug; Bailey Hill, Mold, Sir y Fflint, North Wales 03.jpg War memorialBailey Hill, Mold, Flintshire 1926W. B. EdwardsCenotaphPortland stone [21]
Monument to Daniel Owen - geograph.org.uk - 298845.jpg Daniel Owen Mold, Flintshire MonolithStone
Metal sculpture, Chester Road, Mold.JPG Steam Wheel sculptureChester Road, Mold, Flintshire

Rhosesmor

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War memorial at Rhosesmor - geograph.org.uk - 936377.jpg War memorial Rhosesmor 1920sCross on pedestalSandstone & limestoneGrade II Q29503098 [22] [23]

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Flintshire is a county in the north-east of Wales. It has a maritime border with Merseyside along the Dee Estuary to the north, and land borders with Cheshire to the east, Wrexham County Borough to the south, and Denbighshire to the west. Connah's Quay is the largest town, while Flintshire County Council is based in Mold.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Flintshire (historic)</span> Historic county of Wales

Until 1974, Flintshire, also known as the County of Flint, was an administrative county in the north-east of Wales, later classed as one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shotton, Flintshire</span> Human settlement in Wales

Shotton is a town and community in Flintshire, Wales, within the Deeside conurbation along the River Dee, joined with Connah's Quay, near the border with England. It is located 5 miles (8 km) west of Chester and can be reached by road from the A548. In the 2011 census Shotton had a population of 6,663.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Deeside</span> Cross-border conurbation in England and in Wales

Deeside is the name given to a predominantly industrial conurbation of towns and villages in Flintshire and Cheshire on the Wales–England border lying near the canalised stretch of the River Dee that flows from neighbouring Chester into the Dee Estuary. These include Connah's Quay, Shotton, Queensferry, Aston, Garden City, Sealand, Broughton, Bretton, Hawarden, Ewloe, Mancot, Pentre, Saltney and Sandycroft. The population is around 50,000, with a plurality (17,500) living in Connah's Quay.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Goscombe John</span> Welsh sculptor (1860–1952)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hawarden Castle (18th century)</span> 18th-century house in Hawarden, Wales

(New) Hawarden Castle is a house in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales. It was the estate of the former British prime minister William Gladstone, having previously belonged to the family of his wife, Catherine Glynne. Built in the mid-18th century, it was later enlarged and externally remodelled in the Gothic taste.

References

  1. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Bagillt". Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Bagillt Memorial". Flintshire War Memorials. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Buckley RBL". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Caergwrle". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Connah's Quay and Shotton". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  6. ↑ Cadw. "Connah's Quay and Shotton war memorial (85266)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Ffynnongroyw war memorial". historypoints.org. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Ffynnongroyw and Penyfford". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Flint – Boer War". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Flint". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  11. ↑ Cadw. "Gladstone fountain, Hawarden (15079)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  12. ↑ Cadw. "St Deiniol's Library (15025)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  13. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Hawarden Boer War". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  14. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Hawarden". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  15. ↑ Cadw. "Hawarden war memorial (15094)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  16. ↑ "The Gladstone memorial, Hawarden". historypoints.org. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  17. ↑ Cadw. "The Gladstone monument, Hawarden (15026)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  18. ↑ Graham Watkins (2015). Welsh Follies, secrets, stories and scandals. Carreg Gwalch. ISBN   978 1 84524 215 2.
  19. ↑ Jo Darke (1991). The Monument Guide to England and Wales. Macdonald Illustrated. ISBN   0 356 17609 6.
  20. ↑ Cadw. "Statue of Daniel Owen (365)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  21. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Mold". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  22. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Rhosesmor Memorial Cross". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  23. ↑ Cadw. "Rhosemor war memorial (26207)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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