Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
20617
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/10/1998
Date of Amendment
21/10/1998
Name of Property
Tomb of Thomas Price in church yard at St Michael Cwmdu
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine
Town
Locality
Cwmdu
Easting
318040
Northing
223870
Street Side
Location
In burial ground on N side of Cwmdu church.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Thomas Price (1788-1848) was vicar of Cwmdu from 1825 until his death and was responsible for the rebuilding of the church 1831-33. Known by his bardic name Carnhuanawc, he became one of the foremost C19 scholars of Celtic language and culture, his chief works being 'Hanes Cymru' (1824), 'The Physiology and Physiognomy of the present inhabitants of Britain' (1829) and 'The Geographical Progress of Civilisation' (1846). He assisted Lady Charlotte Guest of Dowlais in the translation of 'The Mabinogion', and was instrumental in seeing the New Testament translated into Breton. He was a talented artist, producing drawings for Theophilus Jones' 'History of Breconshire' (1809), and was an accomplished harpist.
Exterior
Table tomb composed of hammer-dressed stone blocks with shafts at the angles, which have Gothic panelling to the long sides. A big projecting grave slab on top has a thin chamfer around the edge. An inscription in Welsh includes one of Price's poems.
Interior
Reason for designation
The tomb of one of the foremost C19 Welsh scholars which also has group value with the church.
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