Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
16114
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/06/1995
Date of Amendment
14/06/1995
Name of Property
Baptismal Tank at Rhual
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Gwernaffield with Pantmwyn
Town
Locality
Rhual
Easting
322670
Northing
364987
Street Side
Location
Situated in a field 550m E of Rhual reached from the Mold/ Gwernaffield by-road.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Erected c1685 by Thomas Edwards of Rhual, a leading figure in local Nonconformist circles, restored 1931.
Exterior
Random rubble; square stone tank set in an oval enclosure with stone steps down to the tank and a channel for the spring which feeds it on the N side. On the S side the walls crank up and a marble plaque set on the inner face commemorates the 1931 restoration. On the W side is an attached circular stone enclosure, apparently of a different build and probably from where the minister officiated at a service; 3 niches set into the inner faces of the walls.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an outdoor baptismal tank with C17 origins of which very few examples survive and for associations with the prominent Nonconformist Edwards family of Rhual.
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