Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Font in the grounds of Plas Newydd
Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llangollen, Denbighshire, designated on 22 December 1989.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 22 December 1989
- Community
- Llangollen
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.96702, -3.16587
- Cadw reference
- 1130
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Set into the formal topiary garden immediately to the front of Plas Newydd. To NW of Chester High Cross stem.
Exterior
Octagonal stone medieval font (C14?) probably removed from a local ecclesiastical site for the Ladies of Llangollen, ca 1800. Both the bowl sides and the stem are panelled and the splayed base of the bowl has coats of arms and rosettes.
The font on the other side of the High Cross is a modern replica with simplified detail.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with Plas Newydd and other listed items in the grounds.
Nearby in the register
- Dairy House at Plas NewyddAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Chester High Cross Stem in the grounds of Plas NewyddReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Plas NewyddDomesticunder 1 mi
- Dovecote in the grounds of Plas NewyddDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.