1. Chest Tomb to SE of Church of Saint Mary, Rhuddlan, Denbighshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2906 / 53°17'26"N

Longitude: -3.4692 / 3°28'9"W

OS Eastings: 302160

OS Northings: 378073

OS Grid: SJ021780

Mapcode National: GBR 4Z6D.Q4

Mapcode Global: WH659.PK67

Plus Code: 9C5R7GRJ+68

Entry Name: 1. Chest Tomb to SE of Church of Saint Mary

Listing Date: 10 November 1994

Last Amended: 10 November 1994

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 14979

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300014979

Location: Approx 10m SE of the church, on the SE side of the path that leads to the church porch.

County: Denbighshire

Community: Rhuddlan

Built-Up Area: Rhuddlan

Traditional County: Flintshire

Tagged with: Tomb

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Exterior

Pair of chest tombs, the inscriptions badly worn and illegible, but c1680-1700, and probably of members of the Conwy family. Both have arcaded panels to long sides with guilloche frieze and fluted angle columns. Shields of arms and angels on shorter sides. Guilloche frieze at margins of inscribed slabs.

Reasons for Listing

Good and rare examples of late C17 memorial sculpture.

External Links

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1. Chest Tomb to SE of Church of Saint Mary

A Grade II Listed Building in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire

Coordinates

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Reasons for Listing

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