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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
23659
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/07/2000
Date of Amendment
20/07/2000
Name of Property
Chest Tomb of Twm O'r Nant at the Church of St Marcella
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Denbigh
Town
Locality
Whitchurch
Easting
307122
Northing
366222
Street Side
N
Location
In the churchyard, immediately to the SW of the church tower, beneath a venerable yew tree.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Early C19 chest tomb to Thomas Edwards 'Twm O'r Nant' (1739-1810), bard and playwright, known as the Cambrian Shakespeare.
Exterior
Rectangular chest tomb of polished slate; 2-panel sides with fielded panels having extruded corners; single panel ends, that to the E with modern slate plaque affixed having the carved inscription:'Bedd Twm O'r Nant'. The tomb-slab has chamfered sides and has a primary carved inscription at the top: 'Here lieth the body of Thomas Edwards of Nant, The Cambrian Shakespeare, with his wife and four of his daughters. Died April 3rd 1810 aged 71.' Two later verses in Welsh inscribed below.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as the tomb of Twm O'r Nant, 'the Cambrian Shakespeare' (1739-1810).
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