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
21636
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/03/1999
Date of Amendment
31/03/1999
Name of Property
Nicholas monument at New Bethel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Caerphilly
Community
Pontllanfraith
Town
Locality
Mynyddiswlyn
Easting
319219
Northing
195434
Street Side
Location
Near the N wall of the graveyard.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Earliest inscription, in Welsh, is on uphill side to Ann Nicholas of Penllwyn Sarff (d 1850); later inscription on chapel-facing side. Penllwyn Sarff, also known as Sarph, is another name for Penllwyn Fawr, the large C16 manor house on the other side of the Sirhowy Valley.
Exterior
Plain chest tomb of ashlar; narrow plinth, slab with raised centre, inscriptions within an oval, plain moulded arches at corners.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as one of a number of early - mid C19 chest tombs for group value with Chapel, Wall, School and other monuments.
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