Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Sundial at Plas Heaton
Henllan, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Plas Heaton, Henllan, Denbighshire, designated on 29 June 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 29 June 2000
- Locality
- Plas Heaton
- Community
- Henllan
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.21045, -3.45255
- Cadw reference
- 23514
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)
- 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
Surmounting a grassed slope opposite the entrance facade of the house.
History
Georgian sundial dated 1767 and signed by Meredith Hughes. This has been moved to its present location in recent years from elsewhere in the garden.
Exterior
Fine Georgian sundial and base. Sandstone baluster base on a wide circular plinth; approximately 1.4m high. Moulded circular top with brass sundial; signed and dated: `Meredith Hughes fecit 1767'.
Reason for designation
Listed as a particularly fine mid-Georgian sundial and base.
Group value with Plas Heaton.
Nearby in the register
- Plas HeatonDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ice House at Plas HeatonAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Stable and Carthouse Range at Plas HeatonAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Kitchen Garden Walls including associated Lean-to Sheds and adjoining Melon House at Plas HeatonGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.