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Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
21328
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
08/02/1999
Date of Amendment
08/02/1999
Name of Property
Picton Jones Monument
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llannor
Town
Pwllheli
Locality
Abererch
Easting
239629
Northing
336621
Street Side
SE
Location
The monument stands in the NE corner of the churchyard of St Cawrdaf's Church, at the rear of the Church Hall.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Erected between 1871 and 1881 for Llewelyn, brother of Griffith Thomas Picton Jones of the nearby gentry house of Ty Iocus.
Exterior
Built from coarse-grained granite. The tomb is in the form of a sarcophagus standing on a moulded base, the outward-sloping sides rising to a Doric entablature and moulded capstone, and having cushion rolls at the ends. Inscription on the sides eroded, erected to Llewelyn Picton-Jones of Yoke House [Ty Iocws]. Date illegible.
Two brass plates to later members of the family have been added.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as an unusual and notable graveyard monument of the later C19.
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