Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
2 Chest Tombs adjacent to W Boundary of Churchyard
Offa, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Offa, Wrexham, designated on 16 June 1980.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 16 June 1980
- Community
- Offa
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.04432, -2.99349
- Cadw reference
- 1773
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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
Towards the western boundary of the churchyard, and west of the church tower.
History
Pair of chest-tombs, erected in the late C18 to commemorate members of the Price family, and with commemoration dates of 1770-1815.
Exterior
Stone, on stone paved base. Each tomb has a stepped plinth and bulbous side and end panels, some carrying inscription, with reeded cornice below inscribed upper slab.
Reason for designation
Good example of late C18 funerary monuments.
Nearby in the register
- 2 Chest Tombs to west of Church of St GilesReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Sundial to West of Church of St GilesGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- The Commercial Public HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
- Tomb of Elihu Yale, west of Church of St GilesReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.