Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Sundial in Grounds of Bodrhyddan Hall
Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Bodrhyddan, Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, designated on 10 November 1994.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 10 November 1994
- Locality
- Bodrhyddan
- Community
- Rhuddlan
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.29763, -3.43465
- Cadw reference
- 14997
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
Approx 50 metres NNW of Saint Mary's Well, in a wooded garden on the west side of Bodrhyddan Hall.
Exterior
Sundial, engraved on the shaft with the date 1637, with initials IHK. Plain stone shaft, the chamfered angles with run-out stops, set diagonally on a stone base. Dial mutilated.
Reason for designation
Listed as a significant relic of a C17 garden structure, in the grounds of a Grade I listed country house.
Nearby in the register
- Saint Mary's WellWater Supply and Drainageunder 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.