Group of Three Chest Tombs at the Church of St Sadwrn, Henllan, Denbighshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2017 / 53°12'6"N

Longitude: -3.4648 / 3°27'53"W

OS Eastings: 302250

OS Northings: 368181

OS Grid: SJ022681

Mapcode National: GBR 6K.2BTT

Mapcode Global: WH65P.RS8D

Plus Code: 9C5R6G2P+M3

Entry Name: Group of Three Chest Tombs at the Church of St Sadwrn

Listing Date: 29 June 2000

Last Amended: 29 June 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 23519

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300023519

Location: Adjoining the E gable of the Church.

County: Denbighshire

Community: Henllan

Built-Up Area: Henllan

Traditional County: Denbighshire

Tagged with: Tomb

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Exterior

Group of three C17 chest tombs. These are of sandstone and have heavy rectangular tombstones with Latin inscriptions, the outer ones with raised lettering. That to the L is the tomb of Hugh Peake of Perthewig, d.1601; that to the centre is to William Vaughan, d.1661, and that to the R is the tomb of Agnes Peake (wife of Hugh of Perthewig), d.1618. All 3 have secondary, mid-C18 inscriptions (incised).

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a fine and scarce series of C17 chest tombs.

Group value with other listed items at the Church of St Sadwrn.

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II Churchyard Walls and Lychgate at the Church of St Sadwrn
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Group of Three Chest Tombs at the Church of St Sadwrn

A Grade II Listed Building in Henllan, Denbighshire

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Exterior

Reasons for Listing

External Links

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