Row of 7 tombs against E chancel wall of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Flintshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 July 2001. Tombs.

Row of 7 tombs against E chancel wall of Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Flintshire
Constituency
Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
18 July 2001
Type
Tombs
Address
Row of 7 tombs against E chancel wall of Church of St Michael, Trelawnyd, Trelawnyd and Gwaenysgor
OS grid reference
SJ 089 796
Coordinates
53.30582, -3.36841
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This listing describes a row of seven tombs located against the east wall of the chancel of the Church of St Michael. At the southern end, there is a table tomb featuring two segmental arches on the sides, adorned with relief foliage in the spandrels and fluted pilasters with foliage capitals. The east end panel displays a blind segmental arch, and the capstone includes an inscription commemorating a daughter of John Wynne, who died in 1764, and a grandson who died in 1765.

To the north of this tomb lies a slab that was formerly the capstone of a chest or table tomb. This slab has a guilloche moulding along the edge and marginal geometrical decoration on the cap. An inscription commemorates George Davies, who died in 1699, and his wife, and it is signed by the mason 'RS'.

The next tomb is a chest tomb with three round-headed blind arches on the side, each featuring guilloche friezes. The capstone of this tomb is illegible. Adjacent to it is another chest tomb, which also has an illegible capstone. However, its end panel is decorated with a relief of a skull and crossed bones, along with angle shafts that have foliage capitals. Both of these tombs exhibit characteristics of the 17th century.

To the north of these are two similar chest tombs that form a pair. Each has end panels with round-headed blind arches defined by guilloche mouldings and fluted angle shafts, although the right side of the southern tomb is missing its fluted shaft. The capstones of both tombs feature similar guilloche edge mouldings and inscriptions in Latin, commemorating two generations both named Sir John Wynne, with the southern tomb dated 1664.

Beyond the Sir John Wynne tombs, there is a gap, followed by a hooded chest tomb at the northern end. This chest tomb has projecting angle shafts with diamond panels in relief. The end panel features a round-headed blind arch, and the rear side has three similar blind arches. The capstone is now illegible but bears some later graffiti. The edge of the capstone is decorated with a frieze of raised discs and lozenges, as is the edge of the hooded canopy, which faces south. The canopy is partly supported on bricks, retains the base of an apex finial, and has fielded panels on the rear.

Local climate

Row of 7 tombs against E chancel wall of Church of St Michael sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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