Chest Tomb to NE of Church of Saint Mary, Rhuddlan, Denbighshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.291 / 53°17'27"N

Longitude: -3.4691 / 3°28'8"W

OS Eastings: 302168

OS Northings: 378120

OS Grid: SJ021781

Mapcode National: GBR 4Z6C.RZ

Mapcode Global: WH659.PJ7X

Plus Code: 9C5R7GRJ+99

Entry Name: Chest Tomb to NE of Church of Saint Mary

Listing Date: 10 November 1994

Last Amended: 10 November 1994

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 14978

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300014978

Location: In the E angle of the chancel of the church and the mausoleum which projects to its N.

County: Denbighshire

Community: Rhuddlan

Built-Up Area: Rhuddlan

Traditional County: Flintshire

Tagged with: Tomb

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Exterior

Chest tomb, dated 1685, the inscription otherwise badly eroded and largely illegible. Inscribed slab with shield, and lettering running round the margins, carried on base with strapwork panels and guilloche with fluted shafts at angles and centre of each side.

Reasons for Listing

A good and rare example of late C17 memorial sculpture.

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II* Church of Saint Mary
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II Churchyard Cross
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II 1. Chest Tomb to SE of Church of Saint Mary
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II 2. Chest Tomb to SE of Church of Church of Saint Mary
Approx 10m SE of the church, on the SE side of the path that leads to the church porch.
II Lychgate to Churchyard
At the entrance to the church yard to Saint Mary's Church, set back from the street.
II* Rhuddlan Bridge
Spans the river Clwyd to form the only access to the town from the W.
II Belmont
At right-angles to the Street, next to Parliament house and near the corner with Parliament Street.
II Parliament House
On the corner with High Street.

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Chest Tomb to NE of Church of Saint Mary

A Grade II Listed Building in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire

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