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
16080
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
20/06/1995  
Date of Amendment
20/06/1995  
Name of Property
Three Monuments at SW Corner of Churchyard of Church of St Cynwyl  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Ceredigion  
Community
Aberporth  
Town
 
Locality
Aberporth  
Easting
225587  
Northing
251061  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated at SW corner of churchyard of St Cynwyl's Church; on B4333, S of the centre of Aberporth.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
Group of three monuments to Jones family of Pennar, Aberporth and Lancych, Pembs, c1795-1869. The family inherited the Lancych estate c1800-20. Pennar was demolished in 1939 for the R.A.E. base.  

Exterior
Three monuments adjacent, the oldest to the right: 1) Rev. J. Jones of Pennar, d1795. Large (3.3m high) monument in squared Pwntan sandstone. Framed, arched and shouldered sandstone plaque recessed in heavy frame with cornice and tall concave-sided top piece. 2) Ann Jones, d1826. White marble plaque in sandstone frame of squared blocks (2m high). On top, unusual large cast-iron urn (80cm high) with Latin inscription and 1826 date. 3) Dr. Walter D. Jones of Lancych, d1869. Monolith obelisk (4m high) in sandstone with chamfered and stopped angles on High Victorian pedestal with inscription panels and Gothic angle shafts in white and coloured marble.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Three monuments of unusual quality, the first a good example of a very local type, the second a rare and early example of decorative cast-iron, the third a good Victorian monument. Group value with St Cynwyl's Church.  

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