Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Churchyard Wall to N.of st. Collen's Parish Church, Including Gated Entry
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
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 22 December 1989
- Community
- Llangollen
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.96959, -3.16792
- Cadw reference
- 1163
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
N boundary to pentagonal shaped churchyard bordered by Church Street, Hand Hotel and the Medical Centre.
History
Possible C17 wall in origin with alterations in 1864-7 contemporary with the remodelling of the church by S pountney Smith. The course was slightly altered due to the addition of the chancel.
Exterior
Rubble with rounded coping. Follows the line of the road and returns at ends; rising to left (E) to adjoin the buttress below the chancel gable end and to right tnere is a gated entrance. Here the wall has been cut down in steps with spearhead railings. Octagonal cast iron gate piers at right angles, with openwork Gothic tracery and pyramidal caps; similar gates.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the Parish Church and Hand Hotel.
Nearby in the register
- St.Collen's Parish ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Bryn-DwrDomesticunder 1 mi
- Maesmawr HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Sundial in the churchyard of St. Collen's Parish ChurchGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.