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
1312
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/08/1985
Date of Amendment
23/05/2003
Name of Property
Stone Seat of Huw Morys at Erw Gerrig Farmhouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Ceiriog Ucha
Town
Locality
Pont y Meibion
Easting
319475
Northing
335453
Street Side
Location
Located in the garden to the S of Erw Gerrig Farmhouse. The seat is against a high rubble stone boundary wall which runs S from the L-hand side of the house, and faces E.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Believed to be C17 and relocated when the road layout was altered.
Huw Morys (Eos Ceiriog), 1622-1709, poet and Royalist, became well known throughout Wales for his poetry relating to the Civil War. His family moved to Pont y Meibion Farm in 1647 and he spent much of his life there. He is buried at Llansilin Church where he was also Churchwarden.
Exterior
Rubble stone surround set forward from boundary wall and containing a niche in the form of a seat, with slightly cambered stone lintel. The back is inlaid with slate, which formerly had an eroded description ''''''''HMB''''''''; arm rests of slate and narrow stone seat in the style of a misericord. Approached by a path flanked by hedges.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its strong associations with Huw Morys (1622-1709), the distinguished Welsh bard of Pont y Meibion.
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