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Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
23802
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/07/2000
Date of Amendment
27/07/2000
Name of Property
Williams Memorial in SW corner of old Churchyard at Llanelly Church
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Llanelly
Town
Locality
Llanelly
Easting
323231
Northing
214808
Street Side
Location
Memorial is situated towards SW corner of churchyard, on W side of lawned path.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Erected c. 1866. Unusual memorial consisting of stone slabs with fluted iron legs, probably cast at the local Clydach Ironworks, which closed in 1877. This type of memorial, a simplification of the sarcophagus type is often found in the area (several at Llangattock, Brecs), the feet usually of stone rather than cast-iron as at Llanelly.
Exterior
Memorial with large sandstone slab, carried on four cast-iron legs. The legs are ribbed and taper from fluted feet to caps. Lettered slab is facetted to central ridge.
Carefully-lettered inscription and scriptural text to Thomas, son of Thomas and Mary Williams of Penygraig, Llanelly, who died 1st March 1866 aged 29.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an unusually well-designed late C19 memorial, utilising locally-produced cast-iron; a detail rarely encountered elsewhere in the area. Group value with Church and Cross.
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