Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Churchyard Boundary Wall, Church of St Bartholomew
Sealand, Flintshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 24 August 2005
- Locality
- Sealand
- Town
- Deeside
- Community
- Sealand
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.21260, -2.97093
- Cadw reference
- 85252
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 1830 "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire: 35-36" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Bounding a triangular churchyard, fronting St Bartholomew's Court to the S and Green Lane East to the NE.
History
Contemporary with the Church of St Bartholomew and constructed of the same red Helsby sandstone.
Exterior
The churchyard is triangular, the wall bounding the S, NE and the N half of the NW side. Low wall of snecked rock-faced sandstone with pronounced saddleback coping. The wall is curved to the acute SE angle and is higher to the NW. The main entrance is to the S, opposite the church porch. Piers to gateway, buttressed to rear, with pyramidal caps in same form as coping; single cast iron gate with plain finials, dog rails, a diagonal brace and scrolls to end posts. Further entrance to NE side, the piers continuous with the wall and with higher pyramidal caps; the gate is missing.
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with the Church of St Bartholomew.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St BartholomewReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Former Women's Land Army HostelAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Old Marsh FarmNo class recorded1 mi
- South Pair of Aircraft HangarsDefence1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.