List of public art in Flintshire

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.

Map of Wales with Flintshire highlighted

Buckley

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Servicemen and women memorial	Royal British Legion, Buckley	1983–84		Cenotaph and sculpture	Stone and steel				[1]
	Alyn and Deeside Coat of Arms	Buckley			Relief	Terracotta

Caergwrle

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
More images	War memorial	Wrexham Road, Caergwrle			Celtic cross on stepped base	Stone	3m high			[2]

Caerwys

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Arthur Roberts memorial	Caerwys			Monolith	Slate

Connah's Quay

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Connah's Quay and Shotton War Memorial	High Street, Connah's Quay	1924	Edward Jones (builder)	Cross on pedestal	Stone		Grade II	Q29506918	[3][4]

Ffynnongroyw

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	All Saints Church, Ffynnongroyw	1994		Pillar with urn	Granite				[5][6]

Flint

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Boer War memorial	Chapel Street, Flint	1903		Obelisk	Pink granite				[7]
	War memorial	Chapel Street, Flint		W. B. Edwards (architect)	Cenotaph	Stone				[8]
	Footplate	Railway Station, Flint		Brian Fell	Sculpture	Metal

Hawarden

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	William and Catherine Gladstone fountain	Glynne Way, Hawarden	1889	Edward O. Griffith	Three-sided fountain	Stone		Grade II	Q29492856	Erected to mark the golden wedding of William and Catherine Gladstone.[9]
	Saint Deiniol	Gladstone's Library, Hawarden	1902	John Douglas	Statue	Stone		Grade I		[10]
	Second Boer War memorial	St Deiniol's Church, Hawarden			Tapering cross on hexagonal base	Stone				[11]
More images	War memorial	Gladstone Way, Hawarden	1920	Giles Gilbert Scott	Obelisk with niche	Sandstone	9.1m high	Grade II	Q29492871	Niche holds figure of Christ on the Cross.[12][13]
More images	William Ewart Gladstone	Grounds of Gladstone's Library, Hawarden	Erected 1925	John Hughes	Statue on pedestal	Bronze and stone		Grade II	Q29492802	Originally commissioned in 1910 for Dublin.[14][15]

Mold

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Hallelujah Obelisk	Rhual, near Mold	1736		Obelisk	Stone				Marks the site of a battle of AD 420.[16]
More images	Daniel Owen	Mold, Flintshire	1896	Goscombe John	Statue on pedestal	Bronze & stone		Grade II	Q29480968	[17]
	War memorial	Bailey Hill, Mold, Flintshire	1926	W. B. Edwards	Cenotaph	Portland stone				[18]
	Daniel Owen	Mold, Flintshire			Monolith	Stone
	Steam Wheel sculpture	Chester Road, Mold, Flintshire

Rhosesmor

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Rhosesmor	1920s		Cross on pedestal	Sandstone & limestone			Q29503098	[19][20]

References

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