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Reference Number
18072
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/12/1996
Date of Amendment
20/12/1996
Name of Property
S.M. Hughes Monument and railed enclosure in Llanwnnen Churchyard
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Llanwnnen
Town
Lampeter
Locality
Llanwnnen
Easting
253302
Northing
247282
Street Side
Location
Situated in NW part of churchyard of Church of St Lucia and St Gwynin.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Monument of c1840 to Sarah Maia Hughes of Castell-du, in large earlier C19 iron-railed enclosure.
Exterior
Enclosure is L-plan with spearhead iron railings, scrolls below top bar and urn stanchions. On S side, to right, is gate with scrolled arched overthrow, missing some decorative detail. Within the enclosure are three monuments, only one of architectural interest. This is to Sarah Maria Hughes of Castell-du, (d1840) and is a large sandstone square sarcophagus with slate inset plaques. Above is cornice, and then pyramidal large base for a big sandstone urn. The other two monuments are to Sarah Hughes (d 1865) and to William Jones of Llwynygroes (d 1887).
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of the railed tomb enclosure, with an unusually ornate monument.
Group value with the parish church.
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