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.
Date of Designation
28/07/1997
Date of Amendment
28/07/1997
Name of Property
Evans chest tomb in graveyard of Paran Chapel
Unitary Authority
Bridgend
Location
The tomb is set close to the S side of the Jenkins monument, S of the S wall of the chapel.
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Exterior
Chest tomb of sandstone, comprising a chest with inset baluster corners and a slightly hipped ledger with ogee rolled edges, all set on a stone base. Inscribed on the sides to Mary, wife of Henry Evans of Black Mill, d.1868.
Reason for designation
Included as a late example of the C18 type of chest tomb, and as one of the fine group of tombstones in Paran chapel graveyard.
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