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
21196
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/12/1998
Date of Amendment
17/12/1998
Name of Property
Group of 4 chest tombs within railed enclosure to SW of church of St Meugan
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Talybont-on-Usk
Town
Locality
Llanfeugan
Easting
308653
Northing
224519
Street Side
Location
In the churchyard SW of the church under a group of ancient yew trees.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Tombs are close-set and overgrown with ivy with only one inscription legible, to May Williams of Coity Mawr died 1855. Coity Mawr is a major country house remodelled early C19 on the hillside near Cwm Cwy.
Exterior
The 4 close-set chest tombs are very similar, comprising tooled slabs, rusticated tooled stone chests, battered tooled plinths. Spear railings with urned stanchions on a tooled stone plinth form the rectangular enclosure.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as an interesting group of mid C19 family tombs and for group value with the church of St Meugan, the churchyard cross and other listed churchyard monuments.
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