Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Railing to Cemetary
Offa, Wrexham, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 31 January 1994
- Community
- Offa
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.03914, -3.00321
- Cadw reference
- 16486
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 1795 "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).
Cadw's description
Location
Gate piers and gates sited towards centre of cemetery on Ruabon Road:
History
The gates align with the principal axis of the cemetery chapels, and the original railings enclose the cemetery to the east of the gates, and along the return boundary to Empress Road.
The cemetery was established 1874-6 and the railings and gates are to the designs of either Yeaman Strachan (responsible for the layout), or William Turner (architect of the lodge and chapels).
Exterior
Ashlar gate piers and rusticated stone plinth wall, with cast iron gates and railings. Main gates with pedestrian gates each side and quadrant flanking railings with terminal piers. Outer piers have recessed panels and raking copings, enriched with trefoiled spandrels. Gate piers are similar, but with trefoiled panels. Cast iron railings have trefoiled heads and quatrefoil bands to top and bottom. Plainer terminal pier at angle with Empress Road, and intermittent stone piers and plain railings with scrolled panels set at intervals on Empress Road boundary.
Reason for designation
Group value with cemetery chapels and lodge to cemetery.
Nearby in the register
- Cemetey ChapelsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Gate Piers to CemetaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Gates to CemetaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Lodge to CemetaryDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.