Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Tomb of William of Gwespyr in the churchyard of the Church of SS Asaph and Kentigern
Llanasa, Flintshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 30 April 2001
- Locality
- Llanasa
- Community
- Llanasa
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.32216, -3.34260
- Cadw reference
- 25127
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 1883 "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Attached to the S end of the E wall of the S aisle.
History
The tomb of William of Gwespyr (d.1673) and his wife Margareta (d.1706).
Exterior
A freestone table tomb with legs incorporating guilloche-moulded panels. The slab also has a guilloche frieze around the edge, while the border has a geometrical frieze framing commemorative Latin inscriptions.
Reason for designation
Listed as an early table tomb, with good carved detail and lettering, and for group value with the Church of SS Asaph and Kentigern and other associated listed items.
Nearby in the register
- Tomb of Hugo ap Robert in the churchyard of the Church of SS Asaph and KentigernReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of SS Asaph and KentigernReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Sundial in the churchyard of the Church of SS Asaph and KentigernReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- West LodgeDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.