Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Sundial in front of the Hawk House in the E Garden
Chirk, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Chirk Castle, Wrexham, Chirk, designated on 29 July 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 29 July 1998
- Locality
- Chirk Castle
- Town
- Wrexham
- Community
- Chirk
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.93428, -3.08619
- Cadw reference
- 20246
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 on the lawn below, and on the axis of, the Hawk House.
History
The sundial is of the C18, the plate engraved by 'I Coggs in Fleat Street, London'.
Exterior
The stone sundial is in the form of a well proportioned baluster set on a 4-way incurved moulded base, itself set on a circular plinth. The shaft has a necking ring and a turned circular capital carrying a brass double horizontal dial plate with a gnomon, engraved with the Myddleton arms, a months dial and the equations of the natural days.
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of an C18 sundial, retaining the plate of a well known dialmaker, which is a focus in the E gardens of Chirk Castle.
Nearby in the register
- Hawk House in the E GardenGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Medieval Font in the E GardenReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Statue by the lily pond in the E GardenGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Statue of HerculesGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.