Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Churchyard Walls and Lychgate at the Church of St Sadwrn
Henllan, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Henllan, Denbighshire, designated on 29 June 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 29 June 2000
- Locality
- Henllan
- Community
- Henllan
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.20172, -3.46451
- Cadw reference
- 23504
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Bounding the churchyard on its eastern, northern and southern sides, the lychgate facing E.
History
Post-medieval churchyard walls, probably largely C18 and C19. Lychgate presented by Sir Ernest Tate of Galltfaenan Hall in 1935, to commemorate King George V's jubilee.
Exterior
The churchyard walls are of limestone rubble construction and are in 2 main stretches. The first runs parallel with the lane bordering the churchyard to the N, and adjoins the detached belfry. From this point the wall runs at a height of approximately 1.8m for some 60m where there is a small churchyard entrance with oak half-gates, the walls curved inwards to it on either side. To the R of this is a further short section of wall with boarded door in pegged frame; the wall terminates where it joins a house immediately beyond.
Lychgate, dated 1935, has rubble stone base walls and timber-framed upper section with open framed sides, and decorative carving to spandrels of cambered collar; crucifix on king post above. Decorative bargeboards to oversailing slate roof; paired timber gates.
The second stretch of wall runs S from the lychgate, parallel with a steep metalled path which runs down towards Llindir Street. This section is approximately 1m high on the churchyard side and a maximum height of some 2m on the path side. At the bottom, the wall continues along the southern boundary of the churchyard as a low wall. To the R of the lychgate, and linking it with the detached bell tower, is a railed war memorial; this has a Celtic cross and plain railings in an arc between square piers.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good sequence of churchyard walls with 1930s commemorative lychgate.
Group value with other listed items at the Church of St Sadwrn.
Nearby in the register
- Detached Belfry Tower at the Church of St SadwrnReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Group of Four Mausolea at the Church of St SadwrnReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Group of Three Chest Tombs at the Church of St SadwrnReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Parish Church of St Sadwrn including adjacent Cross ShaftReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.