Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
20837
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/11/1998
Date of Amendment
19/11/1998
Name of Property
Tomb of Martyn Roberts in churchyard of St Cenau, Llangenny
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
The Vale of Grwyney
Town
Locality
Llangenny
Easting
324024
Northing
218160
Street Side
Location
On NE side of chancel.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Tomb of Martyn Roberts (1806-1878) of Pendarren, who rebuilt Pendarren House in the 1860s and sold the Pendarren Estate to Andrew Doyle in 1876.
Exterior
Obelisk-type memorial set within a square enclosure defined by a stone kerb. Above a stepped stone plinth is a square base. The narrow obelisk tapers and has a pyramidal top. The obelisk is set onto a stone cube and stepped plinth. All carry engraved texts from the New Testament, and the shaft has scattered geometrical and floral patterns. Further inscriptions commemorate Roberts and his son Martyn Yalden Roberts (1846-1855).
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the church, sun dial and other listed tombs in church yard.
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