Sundial in Bodelwyddan Castle Walled Garden

Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Bodelwyddan Castle, Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, designated on 6 December 2002.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Sundial in Bodelwyddan Castle Walled Garden, Denbighshire, with a pin at the register's coordinates — Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation: Listed building, Grade II
Broad class: Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Date of designation: 6 December 2002
Locality: Bodelwyddan Castle
Community: Bodelwyddan
Unitary authority: Denbighshire
Country: Wales
Coordinates: 53.25883, -3.50474
Cadw reference: 80756

TodayHistorical map

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).

Historical maps covering this location

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)
1963 · Map No. 35 - Local Government Commission for Wales : [Definitive maps showing proposed… (National Library of Scotland)

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Cadw's description

Location

At a path crossing in the southern part of the walled garden.

History

A sundial by Troughton of London, probably early C19, set up on a stone pillar as part of the garden improvements designed by Sir T H Mawson for the Aitken family, tenants of Bodelwyddan, in 1910. The dial is perhaps by the workshop of Edward Troughton, instrument maker, d1835.

Exterior

Bronze sundial with maker''s name, set on a baluster-shaped sandstone pillar on a pedestal of 2 circular steps.

Reason for designation

Listed for group value with Bodelwyddan Walled Garden.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0

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