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
23519
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/06/2000
Date of Amendment
29/06/2000
Name of Property
Group of Three Chest Tombs at the Church of St Sadwrn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Henllan
Town
Locality
Henllan
Easting
302250
Northing
368181
Street Side
Location
Adjoining the E gable of the Church.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Exterior
Group of three C17 chest tombs. These are of sandstone and have heavy rectangular tombstones with Latin inscriptions, the outer ones with raised lettering. That to the L is the tomb of Hugh Peake of Perthewig, d.1601; that to the centre is to William Vaughan, d.1661, and that to the R is the tomb of Agnes Peake (wife of Hugh of Perthewig), d.1618. All 3 have secondary, mid-C18 inscriptions (incised).
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine and scarce series of C17 chest tombs.
Group value with other listed items at the Church of St Sadwrn.
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