Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Sundial in the grounds of The Bryn
St. Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 24 November 1987
- Locality
- The Bryn
- Community
- St. Asaph
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.25924, -3.43632
- Cadw reference
- 1430
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Set in the wooded grounds, beside the summer house, to N of the Bryn, reached from the rear drive; ground falls away steeply to E overlooking the Vale of Clwyd.
History
Dated 1588. Similar to the sundial in the grounds of kentigern hall, dated 1696; important as a rare early example.
Said to have had a well to the front and may have been brought here when the summer house was built.
Exterior
Approximately 4ft high square stone stem, with chamfered edges, with chamfered edges, formerly with sundial gnomon on top; weathered time lines visible to top. Front face is inscribed IC, MC, 1588.
Reason for designation
Group value with The Bryn.
Nearby in the register
- Summerhouse in the grounds of The BrynGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- The BrynDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Court HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- St. Asaph V.P. SchoolEducationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.