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
1430
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/11/1987
Date of Amendment
24/11/1987
Name of Property
Sundial in the grounds of The Bryn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
St. Asaph
Town
Locality
The Bryn
Easting
304284
Northing
374545
Street Side
Location
Set in the wooded grounds, beside the summer house, to N of the Bryn, reached from the rear drive; ground falls away steeply to E overlooking the Vale of Clwyd.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Dated 1588. Similar to the sundial in the grounds of kentigern hall, dated 1696; important as a rare early example.
Said to have had a well to the front and may have been brought here when the summer house was built.
Exterior
Approximately 4ft high square stone stem, with chamfered edges, with chamfered edges, formerly with sundial gnomon on top; weathered time lines visible to top. Front face is inscribed IC, MC, 1588.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value with The Bryn.
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