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Sundial in front of the Hawk House in the E Garden

A Grade II Listed Building in Chirk, Wrexham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9343 / 52°56'3"N

Longitude: -3.0862 / 3°5'10"W

OS Eastings: 327091

OS Northings: 337984

OS Grid: SJ270379

Mapcode National: GBR 72.M0V7

Mapcode Global: WH78C.KHLV

Plus Code: 9C4RWWM7+PG

Entry Name: Sundial in front of the Hawk House in the E Garden

Listing Date: 29 July 1998

Last Amended: 29 July 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 20246

Building Class: Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces

ID on this website: 300020246

Location: The sundial stands on the lawn below, and on the axis of, the Hawk House.

County: Wrexham

Town: Wrexham

Community: Chirk (Y Waun)

Community: Chirk

Locality: Chirk Castle

Traditional County: Denbighshire

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History

The sundial is of the C18, the plate engraved by 'I Coggs in Fleat Street, London'.

Exterior

The stone sundial is in the form of a well proportioned baluster set on a 4-way incurved moulded base, itself set on a circular plinth. The shaft has a necking ring and a turned circular capital carrying a brass double horizontal dial plate with a gnomon, engraved with the Myddleton arms, a months dial and the equations of the natural days.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a good example of an C18 sundial, retaining the plate of a well known dialmaker, which is a focus in the E gardens of Chirk Castle.

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  • II Hawk House in the E Garden
    The building stands on a slightly elevated platform overlooking the lower lawns of the E garden of Chirk Castle.
  • II Medieval Font in the E Garden
    The font is placed at the topmost point of the rock garden, behind the Hawk House, in the E gardens of Chirk Castle.
  • II Statue by the lily pond in the E Garden
    The statue stands on the edge of the circular lily pond at the lower end of the gardens.
  • II Statue of Hercules
    Hercules is now sited on the axis of the E axial view from the castle where it passes through woodland.
  • II Ha-ha at the E end of the E Garden
    The ha-ha extends across the E end, of the E gardens, extending from the N side of Pleasure Ground Wood to the S junction with Garden Wood.
  • II Walls to the Privy Garden
    The privy garden adjoins the castle on the SE side. The walls define the it on the E and S, and on the W to the lower service yard
  • II Statue in the E Garden
    The statue flanks the opening in the hedge between the top cross lawn and the lower fruit tree garden, E of Chirk Castle.
  • II Statue in the E Garden
    The two statues flank the opening in the hedge between the upper cross lawn, and the lower fruit tree lawn in the E gardens of the Castle.

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