Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Sundial on the Churchyard to Church of St Mary
Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Ruabon, Wrexham, designated on 22 February 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 22 February 1995
- Community
- Ruabon
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.98675, -3.04000
- Cadw reference
- 15685
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
Situated in the churchyard to south of the church.
History
The form of the base is similar to bases for statuary in the pleasure garden at Wynnstay Hall which suggests that the sundial may have been a gift of the Williams-Wynn family, perhaps in the early or mid C19.
Exterior
Stone pedestal in the form of a truncated Doric column, bronze dial which is illegible, bronze gnomon.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with St. Mary's Church.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St Mary, including churchyard walls and lych gateReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Round HouseCivilunder 1 mi
- Mary's SalonDomesticunder 1 mi
- Hearse ShedAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.