Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Sundial at Rhual
Gwernaffield with Pantmwyn, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Rhual, Gwernaffield with Pantmwyn, Flintshire, designated on 14 June 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 14 June 1995
- Locality
- Rhual
- Community
- Gwernaffield with Pantmwyn
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.17478, -3.16653
- Cadw reference
- 16136
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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 · 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
Situated in the formal gardens in front of the house at Rhual which is reached from a drive running N off the Mold/Gwernaffield by-road.
Exterior
probably early C19, vase-shaped stone shaft on a circular stone base. The dial is brass with partially legible markings, brass gnomon.
Reason for designation
Group value with Rhual and the formal garden structures.
Listed as an ornamental sundial which is part of a range of garden structures associated with Rhual.
Nearby in the register
- Monument at RhaulCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Garden walls and pavillions at Rhual (including attached walls and Gatepiers to the drive entrance)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Rhual (including attached wall to the North side)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Stable Block at RhualDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.