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
20924
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
25/11/1998  
Date of Amendment
25/11/1998  
Name of Property
Group of Three Railed Tombs in the churchyard of St Mary's Church  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Beddgelert  
Town
Porthmadog  
Locality
Beddgelert  
Easting
259096  
Northing
348052  
Street Side
 
Location
Within the walled churchyard, to the NE of the chancel.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
Three railed C19 tomb enclosures, with commemoration dates of 1857, 1864 and 1877 respectively.  

Exterior
The largest, and western-most, is approximately 3.5m square and contains 2 fine polished slate tomb-slabs to the family of Charles Easton Spooner, engineer and secretary of the Ffestiniog Railway. These are set onto a slate-flagged pavement, raised up on 6 slate balls; bolection-moulded sides with simple acanthus decoration to centres and corners. The left tomb (southern-most) has a memorial inscription to James Alfred Easton, d.1857, with subsequent additions; that to the R is inscribed to the memory of John Eryri Easton, d.1877. Simple cast iron railings on a limestone plinth, the railings with foliated heads. The southern-most enclosure has a small slate tomb-slab with moulded sides and railings as before; to the memory of Elizabeth Preece, 'Faithful servant of Charles Easton Spooner Esq.', d.1864. The eastern-most enclosure has a polished slate tomb-slab with moulded sides and incised lettering; to Alice Jackson, d.1864. Cast iron railings with stylised spear-headed finials.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included for group value with St Mary's Church and as distinctive examples of their type.  

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