Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Sundial in churchyard of the Church of St Mary
Chirk, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Chirk, Wrexham, designated on 29 July 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 29 July 1998
- Locality
- Chirk
- Town
- Wrexham
- Community
- Chirk
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.93123, -3.05572
- Cadw reference
- 20204
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)
- 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)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
The sundial stands in grass within the churchyard, 2m S of the path from the lychgate to the church door.
History
The sundial was erected by churchwardens in 1827.
Exterior
Made of sandstone. A tall octagonal pillar with moulded top and wide moulded base. Each facet of the octagon has a deeply cut roll-moulded lancet rising to a pointed arch. On top, a brass plate by W S Jones of Holborn, London, inscribed for W Potter and R Edwards, churchwardens, and giving the date.
Reason for designation
Included as a complete sundial in a style typical of its period, of group value with the church.
Nearby in the register
- Ward Monument in churchyard of the Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Lychgate outside Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The Mount, with front garden railings and gateDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.