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A bronze figure of Prince Llewelyn with coronet and full armour stands holding a sword and shield. It is set on a fluted Corinthian column of Corsehill stone with a limestone pedestal and painted bronze Corinthian capital. The work was presented by Mr Albert Wood, a local resident, to mark the installation of a water supply system. Llywelyn ap Iorwerth (or Llywelyn the Great or Llywelyn I) (1173–1240) may have been born at Dolwyddelan in Gwynedd. He was probably brought up in Powys under the protection of his maternal relatives, as the infant may have been a potential menace to the power of his father's half-brothers in Gwynedd. Between 1199 and 1203 he restored the undivided sovereignty of his grandfather (Owain Gwynedd) over the whole of Gwynedd.
Title
Prince Llewelyn with Fountain
Date
1895
Medium
bronze, Corsehill stone & Anglesey limestone
Measurements
H 550 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
LL32_AEB_S002
Acquisition method
commissioned by Mr Albert Wood, JP
Work type
Statue
Owner
Conwy County Borough Council
Custodian
Conwy County Borough Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
22nd August 1895
Listing date
08/10/81
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
incised on base of statue at rear: Griffiths
Inscription description
bronze plate fixed to rim at front of fountain (south): THE CORPORATION OF CONWAY ENGRAVE THIS PLATE TO RECORD / THEIR GRATITUDE FOR THIS FOUNTAIN, PRESENTED TO THE TOWN BY / ALBERT WOOD, D.L., J.P., OF BODLONDEB. / (A FORMER MAYOR OF THE BOROUGH) CHARLES J. WALLACE / MAYOR 1898; carved around rim of fountain on east, west and north sides: LLEWELYN AB IORWERTH FOUNDER OF CONWY ABBEY A.D. 1184