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Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
21527
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/03/1999
Date of Amendment
30/03/1999
Name of Property
Monuments to John Williams and Ellis Owen
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Dolbenmaen
Town
Dolbenmaen
Locality
Ystumllyn
Easting
252570
Northing
338784
Street Side
Location
The two monuments stand immediately outside the W door of St Cynhaearn's church, on the right side of the path to the lychgate.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Both monuments were erected c1868 - 1878 to commemorate two famous local bards, Ellis Owen and John Williams (Ioan Madog), bardd godidog, who were members of the Cymdeithas Lenyddol Cefnymeysydd, a local salon set up to promote and further the study and creation of literary, musical and the poetic arts.
Exterior
Two pink granite tombstones standing side by side, that to the W comprising a cubic die set on a moulded base, with a cornice carrying a stepped cross, all enclosed in low cast iron railings with fleur terminals. The second, to the E, consists of a short column with a cavetto-sided conical apex carrying a turned vase. One inscribed to John Williams [Ioan Madog], bardd godidog, d.1878, the second to Ellis Owen of Cefn Meusydd, d.1868, both being well known literary figures in S Caernarfonshire in the 3rd quarter of the C19.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as good C19 monuments to important local literary figures of the period.
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