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
81290
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
08/07/2003  
Date of Amendment
08/07/2003  
Name of Property
Grave Monument to Rev Robert Ellis (Cynddelw)  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Wrexham  
Community
Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog  
Town
Llangollen  
Locality
Glyn Ceiriog  
Easting
320585  
Northing
337742  
Street Side
N  
Location
Located in the Baptist Cemetery which borders the B4579 road, just outside and to the SE of Glyn Ceiriog village.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
The Rev Robert ''Cynddelw'' Ellis (1812-75), poet, author, preacher and antiquary, was born at Pen y bont Fawr, Montgomeryshire, where he also died. He joined the Baptist Church in 1832 and was Baptist minister at Glyn Ceiriog from 1838-42. His last ministry was in Caernarfon (1862-75), but he also lectured widely on the history and literature of Wales. Important in Eisteddfod circles, he was an adjudicator, and gained his bardic name ''Cynddelw'' in 1849. Robert Ellis is one of 3 local Welshman (with John ''Ceiriog'' Hughes and Huw Morris), who are celebrated at the Ceiriog Memorial Institute. The Baptist Cemetery is on the site of an earlier chapel, pre-dating Capel Seion in the village which was built in 1874. This obelisk is said to be positioned over the site of the pulpit.  

Exterior
A simple obelisk of unpolished stone, on a square base with moulded capstone, which is on a 2-tier plinth with mouldings to upper edges. Engraved on the S side of the base is ''Bedd / Cynddelw / 1812 - 1875''. The obelisk is within a small square enclosure of low iron railings which have arched tops.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed for its historic interest as a monument to a prominent local Welshman, and for its association with the Ceiriog Memorial Institute.  

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