Pair of Chest Tombs at the Church of St Saeran is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 August 1999. A C17 Tomb.

Pair of Chest Tombs at the Church of St Saeran

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Denbighshire
Country
Wales
Date first listed
18 August 1999
Type
Tomb
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Pair of late C17 sandstone chest tombs. Each has a tombstone with relief-carved guilloche edge decoration. These rest upon rectangular chests with 3-bay blind arcading to the sides and single shallow arched niches to the ends; grooved decoration. The left-hand tomb has an inscribed stone to Mathew Jones, steward to Sir William Williams, Bart., (of Plas-y-Ward), who died in 1703; below the primary inscription is inscribed: 'Repaired by John Yale of Plas-yn-Yale and his heir 1767.'

The right-hand tombstone is inscribed with the name of Elizabeth Evans, daughter of Thomas Evans of 'Skybion', (d.1684), together with her sister Doulse Evans (d.1686; later inscription to Elin Roberts of Pant Glas, d.1745.

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