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
3354
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
08/10/1981
Date of Amendment
05/05/2006
Name of Property
Sundial in St Mary's churchyard
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Conwy
Town
Conwy
Locality
Walled town
Easting
278160
Northing
377507
Street Side
Location
To the S of the nave, opposite the narrow lane leading from Rose Hill Street.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Dated 1761.
Exterior
A freestone shaped pedestal on a square base. It has a flat square top with original plate and gnomon. The plate bears the inscription 'Erected by the Corporation of Conway, Robert Wynn, Hugh Williams and John Nuttall Bailiffs, 1761, Meredith Hughes fecit'.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a rare well-preserved C18 sundial, and for group value with the church and other listed churchyard items.
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