Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
2 Chest Tombs adjacent to W Boundary of Churchyard
Offa, Wrexham, Wales
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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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (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.