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
17956
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
15/03/1996  
Date of Amendment
18/11/2020  
Name of Property
Makeig memorial  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Ceredigion  
Community
Beulah  
Town
 
Locality
Llandygwydd  
Easting
224242  
Northing
243776  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated in the grounds of St Tygwydd’s Church near former site of the old church (demolished in 1999), by path.  

Description


Broad Class
Commemorative  
Period
 

History
Later C18 memorial to Thomas Makeig (d 1766), the big arched stone frame very much a local tradition, compare the 6 at Penbryn, Cardiganshire and 1 at Manordeifi, Pembrokeshire.  

Exterior
Rubble stone large arched memorial, some 2m high, 1.5m broad and 1m deep, the arch, of voussoirs with keystone, rising from a slate impost band. The E front is recessed up into arch, with C20 render around eroding but finely lettered plaque.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as a good example of a local memorial type.  

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