Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
21812
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/05/1999
Date of Amendment
28/05/1999
Name of Property
Monument to J W Jones and family
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanwnda
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Dinas
Easting
247626
Northing
358651
Street Side
Location
Situated in the south-east corner of the churhyard to the Church of St Gwyndaf.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Commemorates members of the Jones family of Plas-y-Bryn, Caernarfon.
Exterior
Churchyard monument. Flamboyant style ashlar tomb chest with curved ends, decorated with festooned garlands, on stepped plinth, also curved to the ends, surmounted by raised sarcophagus with finial, garlands and tablets; the whole set in rectangular stone surround with twisted iron colonettes linked by decorative iron chains. Main inscription, in Welsh, on tomb chest commemorates J W Jones (1839-96) and his wife, Frances Ann Lloyd Jones (1857-1909); further inscription to plinth, in English, in memory of their son, Capt John Lloyd Jones, MC of the 2nd. battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action, March 1916.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a fine late C19 churchyard monument which has group value with the adjacent church.
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