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
86936
Building Number
 
Grade
II*  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
15/11/2005  
Date of Amendment
15/11/2005  
Name of Property
Gates and gate piers at S entrance to Hanmer churchyard  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Wrexham  
Community
Hanmer  
Town
 
Locality
Hanmer  
Easting
345442  
Northing
339656  
Street Side
 
Location
On the S side of the churchyard opposite Hanmer Mere.  

Description


Broad Class
 
Period
 

History
The gates were formerly in the chancel, and therefore can be dated to 1720. They are attributed to the smith Robert Davies of Croesfoel, Wrexham. They were removed from the chancel during restoration in 1884 and placed at a new churchyard entrance directly S of the porch. This entrance is shown on the 1900 Ordnance Survey.  

Exterior
Square freestone panelled gate piers are surmounted by sculpted lions. They flank central double gates and outer panels. The gates have scrollwork decoration, concave upper rails and cresting. The outer panels have dog bars, scrollwork panels in the centre and cresting with moulded finial.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed grade II* as high-quality ironwork, attributed to the most important architectural ironsmith working in Wales in the early C18, which marked the high-point of architectural ironwork in Britain, and forming a prominent feature that contributes to the setting of the church.  

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