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Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
23761
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/07/2000
Date of Amendment
26/07/2000
Name of Property
Monument to Parch. Hugh Owen
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanegryn
Town
Locality
Llanegryn
Easting
260149
Northing
305395
Street Side
Location
The monument stands in the forecourt in front of Capel Ebenezer.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
The Revd Hugh Owen, of Brynyclydwr, N of Tywyn, 1637-1699, son of the well-connected Owen family and brother of Lewis Owen, was trained at Oxford and became one of the earliest Independent ministers in W and N Wales. At one time (1672) he lived and ministered at Llanegryn, which gave cause for the monument to be erected here on 27 September 1906.
Exterior
Built of rock-faced ashlar stone and pink granite. Two steps of stone, square on plan, rise to a die of 4 courses bearing on the front a polished granite inscription to Hugh Owen, 'un o weinidogion cyntaf Annibynwyr Gogledd Cymru' followed by a long quotation. The die has a chamfered top and carries a polished granite obelisk on a moulded base.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a memorial to an early Independent minister well-known across North Wales, and as it has group value with the two chapels and vestries.
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