Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Saint Mary's Well
Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II* listed building in Bodrhyddan, Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, designated on 16 November 1962.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Water Supply and Drainage
- Date of designation
- 16 November 1962
- Locality
- Bodrhyddan
- Community
- Rhuddlan
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.29720, -3.43424
- Cadw reference
- 1403
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesNational Library of ScotlandDavid 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 · 95 Rhyl (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1963 · Map No. 36 - Local Government Commission for Wales : [Definitive maps showing proposed… (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
In wooded gardens approx. 80 metres W of Bodrhyddan Hall.
Exterior
Well-house and water tank or bath. The octagonal well-house carries a date of 1612, and is likely to be of about this time. Entirely of stone, each side is formed from a panelled slab, with round-arched doorway facing E, and an oculus in facade at each of the other 3 cardinal points. Octagonal roof surmounted by stone cupola with pelican finial. Shallow octagonal basin set into floor inside, and curved stone benches projecting from each face. The well-house is linked to the water-tank by a shallow stone conduit. The rectangular bath or tank, partly sunk below ground level, has solid panelled stone balustrade with panelled corner pilasters. These are surmounted by masked urns, replicas of the originals made in 1972. Steps lead into the water at the SE inner .
Reason for designation
A rare example of garden building from the C17, in the grounds of a Grade I listed country house.
Nearby in the register
- Sundial in Grounds of Bodrhyddan HallGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Bodrhyddan HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- 1. Ornamental Vases in Garden at Bodrhyddan HallGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- 2. Ornamental Vases in Garden at Bodrhyddan HallGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.