Denbigh, St Hilary's Chapel
The tower and a short section of wall are all that remains of a medieval chapel of ease dedicated to St Hilary, built into the late 13th-century town walls of Denbigh. The chapel was created sometime around 1300 as a dependency of Whitchurch just over a mile to the east.
The chapel would have been replaced by the magnificent 16th-century church planned by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, but Leicester's plans came to nought.
In 1874 the construction of a new church dedicated to St Mary meant that St Hilary's fell out of use and eventually became so decayed that all except the tower was demolished in 1923.
The blocked east door to the tower
The tower top
St Hilary with Denbigh Castle beyond
The original chapel had five bays in the nave, plus a chancel, north aisle, and a west tower. The surviving tower stands 15 metres high and has a 15th-century battlemented parapet with gargoyles projecting from it.
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