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Preaching Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Cynfarch and St Mary

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0894 / 53°5'21"N

Longitude: -3.2936 / 3°17'37"W

OS Eastings: 313458

OS Northings: 355467

OS Grid: SJ134554

Mapcode National: GBR 6S.9JF5

Mapcode Global: WH77H.CLTZ

Plus Code: 9C5R3PQ4+QG

Entry Name: Preaching Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Cynfarch and St Mary

Listing Date: 19 May 2001

Last Amended: 19 May 2001

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 25208

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300025208

Location: In St Cynfarch and St Mary's churchyard, south of the church porch.

County: Denbighshire

Community: Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd

Community: Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd

Traditional County: Denbighshire

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History

A C15 preaching cross, converted in c1800 to a churchyard sundial.

Exterior

Of the preaching cross only the calvary and the bottom half metre of the shaft has survived: the shaft is let into a base block standing on two stone steps. On the reduced shaft a bronze sundial has been fixed. It is marked E[dward] Tavo, fecit, Chester (Tavo was an instrument maked in Eastgate Street). The date 1800 is carved into the stone at one side.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for group value with the Church of St Cynfarch and St Mary.

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  • II* Church of St Cynfarch and St Mary
    East side of the village of Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd in a walled churchyard with the stump of a preaching cross; Church House and lychgate to south; iron gates to west.
  • II Church House
    At the south side of St Cynfarch and St Mary's churchyard, close to the lychgate.
  • II Lychgate at St Cynfarch and St Mary's Church
    At the south entrance to St Cynfarch and St Mary's churchyard.
  • II Ceffyl Gwyn Public House
    In Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, opposite the Elizabeth Owen almshouses.
  • II War Memorial
    In the centre of Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, in front of the Elizabeth Owen almshouses, in a low-walled paved area.
  • II Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd Controlled School
    At the west side of the village of Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, in a large playground enclosed at north and east by railings above a stone retaining wall.
  • II Nos.1-8 Elizabeth Owen Charity Almshouses
    At the west side of the village of Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, set back from the road behind an open green space and the war memorial.
  • II Milestone
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