Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
10993
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
26/02/1981  
Date of Amendment
18/06/2004  
Name of Property
Sir Gardner Wilkinson tomb in churchyard of Church of St Dingat.  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire  
Community
Llandovery  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
276346  
Northing
234101  
Street Side
W  
Location
Situated in churchyard to NW of tower.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
Memorial of c1875 to Sir Gardner Wilkinson distinguished Egyptologist 1797-1875 called the father of British Egyptology. He spent many years in Egypt from 1821 onwards and published 'A topographical survey of Thebes' in 1826 and 'Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians' in 1837. His drawings of classical and prehistoric archaeology are outstanding also. He left his library, sketch books and notes to Sir John Harpur Crewe of Calke Abbey, Derbyshire, since given to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. He lived at Brynfield, Reynoldston, Glam, from his marriage in 1856 to the end of his life, the circumstance of his burial here is unknown.  

Exterior
Memorial to Sir Gardner Wilkinson. Ashlar pedestal monument with Italianate arcaded top and pyramid cap. Two steps and plinth under pedestal with angle pilasters and cornice. Top part has angle piers with caps and bases framing open arch each side with pilasters and moulded arches. Deep entablature above with panelled frieze, coved cornice and corner acroteria. Ashlar steep pyramid above. Inscriptions on pedestal.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included for historical reasons as the memorial to one of the founders of Egyptology in Britain.  

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