Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
19025
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
12/11/1997
Date of Amendment
12/11/1997
Name of Property
Memorial Cross at St Cynbryd's Church
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Llanddulas and Rhyd-y-Foel
Town
Abergele
Locality
Llanddulas
Easting
290870
Northing
378222
Street Side
N
Location
Located immediately to the E of the parish church, within the churchyard and at the centre of a gravelled burial plot.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Memorial cross designed by Harold Hughes, architect of Bangor in 1912 to commemorate the Hesketh/Dundonald family of Gwrych Castle.
Exterior
Celtic cross of white marble, standing approximately 5m high and tapering slightly towards the top. Of three sections, the cross proper stands on a slightly-splayed plinth, itself resting upon a square base. The front (W) face has bold Celtic relief carving with 4 circular motifs, each containing 5 bosses and linked to each other by zoomorphic interlace. Similar decoration to the cross-head with cable and guilloche decoration, and mythological bird reliefs; lamb-and-flag carving in the central roundel of the E (rear) face of the cross-head. The N, S and E faces of the shaft have standard Celtic interlace relief carving.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for Group Value with St. Cynbryd's church.
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