Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
1312
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/08/1985
Date of Amendment
23/05/2003
Name of Property
Stone Seat of Huw Morys at Erw Gerrig Farmhouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Ceiriog Ucha
Town
Locality
Pont y Meibion
Easting
319475
Northing
335453
Street Side
Location
Located in the garden to the S of Erw Gerrig Farmhouse. The seat is against a high rubble stone boundary wall which runs S from the L-hand side of the house, and faces E.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Believed to be C17 and relocated when the road layout was altered.
Huw Morys (Eos Ceiriog), 1622-1709, poet and Royalist, became well known throughout Wales for his poetry relating to the Civil War. His family moved to Pont y Meibion Farm in 1647 and he spent much of his life there. He is buried at Llansilin Church where he was also Churchwarden.
Exterior
Rubble stone surround set forward from boundary wall and containing a niche in the form of a seat, with slightly cambered stone lintel. The back is inlaid with slate, which formerly had an eroded description ''''''''HMB''''''''; arm rests of slate and narrow stone seat in the style of a misericord. Approached by a path flanked by hedges.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its strong associations with Huw Morys (1622-1709), the distinguished Welsh bard of Pont y Meibion.
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