North Wales Heroes Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 August 1988. A Twentieth century Memorial.
North Wales Heroes Memorial
- WRENN ID
- under-bailey-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 2 August 1988
- Type
- Memorial
- Period
- Twentieth century
- Address
- North Wales Heroes Memorial, Bangor
- OS grid reference
- SH 579 721
- Coordinates
- 53.22707, -4.12992
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The North Wales Heroes Memorial is a Tudor-style, two-storey gateway built from ashlar masonry. It features a crenellated parapet, a cornice, and a panelled band at the first-floor level with sunk shields, as well as a plinth. To the right, there is a taller octagonal stair tower with arched-headed lights. The parapet and cornice extend over a mullioned and transomed oriel window with leaded panes. Above this window, there are carved bosses on the cornice, with uncarved bosses on either side and a panelled apron below that bears a Welsh inscription. The central entrance is slightly set back and features a 4-centred arch with foliage-carved spandrels and a dragon-stopped label, leading to timber gates. There are paired windows on either side of the entrance.
The rear (north side) of the building is similar in design. A panelled band continues around the left side, which has an advanced centre and a two-light mullion and transom window under a Tudor label.
Inside, the passageway has stop-chamfered beams supported by stone corbels. There is a porter's door to the left with a window and a similar door to the right that features a coat of arms.
A foundation stone inscribed with the architect's name and a plaque indicates that the memorial was erected in memory of the men of North Wales who fell in the Great War from 1914 to 1918.
The rectangular upper room, accessed by a stone staircase, has wood-carved panels all around that list the names of 8,500 individuals identified by the parish. It also features double bronze doors with coats of arms and a panelled ceiling with broad ribs.
Local climate
North Wales Heroes Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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