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
906
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/10/1950
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Churchyard Gates
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Ruthin
Town
Ruthin
Locality
Churchyard
Easting
312361
Northing
358348
Street Side
Location
Located off the N side of St Peter's Square, to the R of the Post-office, and forming the main entrance to the church.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
1727 by Robert Davies of Bersham, a gift of the Myddeltons of Chirk Castle. The gates were taken to France for restoration and 'set up anew' in 1928, by Joseph Crosland-Graham, Bart. of Clwyd Hall. This may have been following the construction of the Post Office in 1906, to which they are attached.
Exterior
Double wrought iron gates between open piers, flanked by lower pedestrian gates, beyond which are low narrow screens. To the W, the gates join the Post Office (constructed in 1906), and to the E, a rendered brick pier with gableted capstone. The 4 gates have scrollwork above the lock-rails and closely-spaced dog-bars with twisted finials; the tall piers are infilled with scrollwork; flanking screens in same style as dog-bars. There are 7 over-throws, which together give the appearance of a gable, all with scrollwork, repousse foliage and a tall finial. The large central over-throw, above the double gates, has a motif with a cherub and heraldic shield above. The piers have capitals of repousse foliage and narrow over-throws with spear finials. An inscription on the rear side of the central shield reads, 'For God's greater glory, Joseph Crosland-Graham of Clwyd Hall, set up these gates anew to save for the future, this gift from the past AD 1928'.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed grade II* for the exceptional interest of these finely-detailed C18 wrought iron gates which form a fine architectural composition, by a prominent Welsh craftsman, and which stand at the entrance to a parochial close of significant historic landscape value.
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