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
18255
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
17/02/1997  
Date of Amendment
17/02/1997  
Name of Property
Tan-y-Castell Monument  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Conwy  
Community
Dolwyddelan  
Town
 
Locality
Dolwyddelan Castle  
Easting
272492  
Northing
352365  
Street Side
S  
Location
Sited prominently on the roadside, immediately to the NE of Tan-y-Castell.  

Description


Broad Class
Commemorative  
Period
 

History
Late C19 monument to the Jones brothers of Tan-y-Castell. The brothers, John (1796-1857), David (1805-1868), William (1801-1885) and Richard (1799-1850) were all Calvinistic Methodist ministers, the first two of great repute; John Jones is regarded as one of the most inspired and powerful preachers in the history of Welsh non-conformity. The monument is signed D. LL. J (for David Lloyd Jones).  

Exterior
Columnar monument of brown specked marble, some 7m high; of three cylindrical stages on a stepped cement-rendered rubble plinth. D-shaped cast-iron railed enclosure. Two-stage marble column on a square, chamfered marble base; moulded bases and abaci to each section. The lower, broader section has a recessed inscription plaque with, in raised lettering: 'In memory of 4 eminent brothers, John, William, David, and Richard Jones: Three ministers and one elder, 1796-1885'. Panelled decoration in inlaid lighter marble. The base of the upper section has inscribed panels: 'eloquence, music, theology, poetry.' Large urn finial to top.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as a late C19 monument to the Jones brothers of Tan-y-Castell. Group value with Nos 1 and 2 Tan-y-Castell.  

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