Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Nerquis Hall Monument in St. Mary's Churchyard
Nercwys, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Nercwys, Flintshire, designated on 12 December 1994.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 12 December 1994
- Locality
- Nercwys
- Community
- Nercwys
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.13531, -3.14561
- Cadw reference
- 15227
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 · 108 Flint (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
In the churchyard, immediately to the W of the tower.
Exterior
In the churchyard, immediately to the W of the tower.
A second quarter C18 Baroque funerary monument of white marble marking the location of the Nerquis Hall vault. On a stepped plinth an altar-tomb of elongated cruciform plan with moulded base and cornice. In-set memorial plaques, the earliest, of the Hydes of Nerquis, of 1737 and 1749. On top, an urn-like sarcophagus with pronounced gadrooning and on a moulded base. Elaborate heraldic cartouche to the 2 principal sides. Shaped lid with ball finial.
Reason for designation
Group value with St. Mary's Church.
Nearby in the register
- St Mary's Parish ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Sundial in St Mary's ChurchyardGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Former Bier-House at St Mary's ChurchDomesticunder 1 mi
- L-Shaped Range of Farm Buildings at Play Yn LlanAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.