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
1130
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/12/1989
Date of Amendment
22/12/1989
Name of Property
Font in the grounds of Plas Newydd
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llangollen
Town
Locality
Easting
321795
Northing
341710
Street Side
Location
Set into the formal topiary garden immediately to the front of Plas Newydd. To NW of Chester High Cross stem.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Exterior
Octagonal stone medieval font (C14?) probably removed from a local ecclesiastical site for the Ladies of Llangollen, ca 1800. Both the bowl sides and the stem are panelled and the splayed base of the bowl has coats of arms and rosettes.
The font on the other side of the High Cross is a modern replica with simplified detail.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for group value with Plas Newydd and other listed items in the grounds.
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