Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
1166
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/12/1989
Date of Amendment
22/12/1989
Name of Property
Monument to the Ladies of Llangollen & their Housekeeper in the Churchyard of St. Collen's Parish Ch
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llangollen
Town
Locality
Easting
321647
Northing
341950
Street Side
Location
In the churchyard to the SW of the Parish Church enclosed behind high railings
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Erected in 1810 after the death of Mary Carryl who came from Ireland with Lady Eleanor Butler and Hon Sarah Ponsonby as their housekeeper at Plas Newydd. Designed by Thomas Parker of Sweeney Hall (father of the famous architectural historian John Parker).
Exterior
Triangular and Gothic in style; freestone. Pyramidal cap and gables to each face and small gables over panelled corner buttresses. Cusped recesses to each face containing stone carved memorial tablets with lengthy inscriptions and biblical quotations. The SE side commemorates Mrs Mary Carryl (died 1809), the W side commemorates Lady Eleanor Charlotte Butler (died 1829) and the NE side commemorates Sarah Ponsonby (died 1931).
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value with the Parish Church, sundial and the churchyard wall.
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