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
1321
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
22/05/1989  
Date of Amendment
22/04/1998  
Name of Property
Sundial at Llantysilio Hall  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Denbighshire  
Community
Llantysilio  
Town
Llangollen  
Locality
Llantysilio  
Easting
319169  
Northing
343551  
Street Side
SW  
Location
The sundial, formerly in the walled garden, now stands at the centre of the lawn in front of the W elevation of the house.  

Description


Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces  
Period
 

History
Sundial of 1717 signed by John Lloyd, the father-in-law of Thomas Jones, the owner of the early Georgian house at Llantysilio, who had married Mary Lloyd of Oswestry. This sundial was probably not originally made for Llantysilio but was placed here in more recent times.  

Exterior
A circular sandstone pedestal with moulded cap, and no extant base, on which is placed a brass sundial plate dated 1717 and signed by John Lloyd, around four sides of which is the inscription:- "Thou Swiftly runs Old Time ... t'is wisdom we ... With faith and righteousness keep time w'thee that when our glafs is run & we are cut down .... we may enjoy an everlasting Crown." The gnomon preserves a detailed calender for the rising and setting of the sun on both sides.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as a good surviving example of an early garden sundial.  

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