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
19894
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/05/1998
Date of Amendment
29/05/1998
Name of Property
Bier House and Gates at Church of St Garmon
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llanarmon-yn-Ial
Town
Ruthin
Locality
Llanarmon yn Ial
Easting
319041
Northing
356182
Street Side
Location
Situated on W side of N entry into Llanarmon churchyard.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Bier House for storage of coffin-carrying biers, probably C19. Not marked on 1844 Tithe Map, though such structures are not always marked.
Exterior
Bier-house, rubble stone with low-pitched slate close-eaved roof. S end wall to churchyard has cambered timber lintel over boarded double doors. Windowless walls, earth embanked on W. On E side is attached one of pair of stone gatepiers of c1870 churchyard entry. Pair of iron gates with scrollwork and dog-bars.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the parish church, and as a rare survivor of such a structure.
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