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
20245
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/07/1998
Date of Amendment
29/07/1998
Name of Property
Medieval Font in the E Garden
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Chirk
Town
Wrexham
Locality
Chirk Castle
Easting
327111
Northing
338051
Street Side
Location
The font is placed at the topmost point of the rock garden, behind the Hawk House, in the E gardens of Chirk Castle.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
The font is of the C14, and is said to have been brought to Chirk Castle from Valle Crucis Abbey in the late C19, and set up in the rock garden.
Exterior
The font is of stone, octagonal, tapering down to a short circular stem and ovolo basal ring. It is mounted on circular plinth of 2 steps.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as an item of archaeological interest, and an embellishment to the rock gardens created at Chirk Castle on the slope of the enhanced mound on the E axis of the castle.
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