Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
30/09/1999
Date of Amendment
30/09/1999
Name of Property
Sundial at the Church of St Twrog
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Location
Situated on mound near the south-west corner of St Twrog's Churchyard.
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
History
Mid-C18 sundial. Brass plate to the top of the sundial is inscribed "1746 The Gift of R.G. Rector". Chamber beneath was formerly the so-called Death House for the parish, the registers showing that the bodies of seafarers found occasionally on the shore were brought here before burial.
Exterior
Local stone. Tapering baluster shaft with moulded capping and plinth on octagonal base. Inscribed brass plate with gnomon to top. Mound on which sundial sits covers stone chamber with brick barrel vault, approached down steep flight of slate steps (see History).
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved mid-C18 sundial, which has group value with St Twrog's Church and its churchyard wall.
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