Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
19894
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/05/1998
Date of Amendment
29/05/1998
Name of Property
Bier House and Gates at Church of St Garmon
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llanarmon-yn-Ial
Town
Ruthin
Locality
Llanarmon yn Ial
Easting
319041
Northing
356182
Street Side
Location
Situated on W side of N entry into Llanarmon churchyard.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Bier House for storage of coffin-carrying biers, probably C19. Not marked on 1844 Tithe Map, though such structures are not always marked.
Exterior
Bier-house, rubble stone with low-pitched slate close-eaved roof. S end wall to churchyard has cambered timber lintel over boarded double doors. Windowless walls, earth embanked on W. On E side is attached one of pair of stone gatepiers of c1870 churchyard entry. Pair of iron gates with scrollwork and dog-bars.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the parish church, and as a rare survivor of such a structure.
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