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Reference Number
18255
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/02/1997
Date of Amendment
17/02/1997
Name of Property
Tan-y-Castell Monument
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Dolwyddelan
Town
Locality
Dolwyddelan Castle
Easting
272492
Northing
352365
Street Side
S
Location
Sited prominently on the roadside, immediately to the NE of Tan-y-Castell.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Late C19 monument to the Jones brothers of Tan-y-Castell. The brothers, John (1796-1857), David (1805-1868), William (1801-1885) and Richard (1799-1850) were all Calvinistic Methodist ministers, the first two of great repute; John Jones is regarded as one of the most inspired and powerful preachers in the history of Welsh non-conformity. The monument is signed D. LL. J (for David Lloyd Jones).
Exterior
Columnar monument of brown specked marble, some 7m high; of three cylindrical stages on a stepped cement-rendered rubble plinth. D-shaped cast-iron railed enclosure. Two-stage marble column on a square, chamfered marble base; moulded bases and abaci to each section. The lower, broader section has a recessed inscription plaque with, in raised lettering: 'In memory of 4 eminent brothers, John, William, David, and Richard Jones: Three ministers and one elder, 1796-1885'. Panelled decoration in inlaid lighter marble. The base of the upper section has inscribed panels: 'eloquence, music, theology, poetry.' Large urn finial to top.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as a late C19 monument to the Jones brothers of Tan-y-Castell.
Group value with Nos 1 and 2 Tan-y-Castell.
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