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.
Date of Designation
22/12/1989
Date of Amendment
22/12/1989
Name of Property
Churchyard Wall to N.of st. Collen's Parish Church, Including Gated Entry
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Location
N boundary to pentagonal shaped churchyard bordered by Church Street, Hand Hotel and the Medical Centre.
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
History
Possible C17 wall in origin with alterations in 1864-7 contemporary with the remodelling of the church by S pountney Smith. The course was slightly altered due to the addition of the chancel.
Exterior
Rubble with rounded coping. Follows the line of the road and returns at ends; rising to left (E) to adjoin the buttress below the chancel gable end and to right tnere is a gated entrance. Here the wall has been cut down in steps with spearhead railings. Octagonal cast iron gate piers at right angles, with openwork Gothic tracery and pyramidal caps; similar gates.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the Parish Church and Hand Hotel.
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