2 Chest Tombs to west of Church of St Giles, Offa, Wrexham

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0443 / 53°2'39"N

Longitude: -2.9931 / 2°59'35"W

OS Eastings: 333516

OS Northings: 350127

OS Grid: SJ335501

Mapcode National: GBR 75.DCFD

Mapcode Global: WH88Y.ZRW2

Plus Code: 9C5V22V4+PQ

Entry Name: 2 Chest Tombs to west of Church of St Giles

Listing Date: 16 June 1980

Last Amended: 31 January 1994

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 1772

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300001772

Location: West of the tower of Saint Giles' Church, adjacent to the sundial.

County: Wrexham

Community: Offa

Built-Up Area: Wrexham

Traditional County: Denbighshire

Tagged with: Tomb

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History

Pair of chest tombs on common base. Commemoration dates between 1726 and 1806.

Exterior

Stone. Tombs each have a stepped base with scrolls to angles of bulbous side panels with moulded cornice below upper slab. One has inscribed upper slab with name of John Bradford, mercer, (d. 1726), and a brass plate naming John Bradford, mercer, (d. 1789), Samuel Roberts, mercer, d. 1806, and John Eddowes, draper, (d. 1764). The other tomb has no inscription, although there are traces of a brass plate long-since removed. Both were formerly surrounded by cast iron railings.

Reasons for Listing

Good example of late C18 funerary mounuments.

Group value.

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2 Chest Tombs to west of Church of St Giles

A Grade II Listed Building in Offa, Wrexham