Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
26087
Building Number
 
Grade
II*  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
11/01/2002  
Date of Amendment
 
Name of Property
Hooded tomb in the churchyard of Saints Mael and Sulien  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Denbighshire  
Community
Cwm  
Town
 
Locality
Cwm Village  
Easting
306635  
Northing
377463  
Street Side
 
Location
Adjacent to the south wall of the St Mael & St Sulien's church.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
The inscription on the ledger records that this is the tomb of Grace Griffith, of ... in the County of Denbigh, d. 1642. The 'hooded' form of the tomb (surmounted by an arch) is a local traditional type, other local examples being found in the graveyards of Dyserth and Trelawnyd. Lewis in 1833 refers to this 'ancient tombstone, on which is a bow sculptured in stone'. Another inscription faces the church wall so that it cannot easily be read; this suggests the tomb is no longer in situ.  

Exterior
This tomb has been described by Hubbard as the most elaborate of the Welsh hooded tombs. The base consists of one by two arches, with fluted pilasters at the corners and between the side arches. Above this is a frieze carved in relief with formalised foliage, and a ledger moulded at the edge and shaped to follow the projections of the pilasters. Above is a hood in the form of a freestanding arch, with carved rolls and trefoil headed sunk panels on the exterior; on its inside face is an angel at one side and a skull between two heraldic shields at the other. On the ledger is the inscription 'Loe my sad pledge one last adieu is here recorded to thy view. Reader behold my losse so deare. Spare thy censure, shed a teare'.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed at grade II* as a particularly fine example of this unusual type of monument.  

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