Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
24580
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/01/2001
Date of Amendment
31/01/2001
Name of Property
Price Mausoleum at the Parish Church of St Mor
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llandderfel
Town
Locality
Llanfor
Easting
293820
Northing
336739
Street Side
Location
Located prominently within the churchyard to the N of the church.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Built by Richard J L Price in 1887 as a mausoleum for himself and his family. The structure was apparently built from the proceeds of a winning horse named Bendigo.
Exterior
Square mausoleum approximately 4m square and 3.5m high, with pyramidal slate roof and modern verge boards. The structure is constructed of squared, snecked granite blocks on a chamfered plinth and has stepped angle buttresses to the front corners. Tall chamfered, Tudor-arched entrance to the main (S) face, of sandstone with boarded door and incised dedicatory inscription across the voussoirs: 'As to my latter end I go to seek my jubilee: I bless the good horse Bendigo who built this tomb for me: Richard John Lloyd Price 1887.' The rear (N face) has a simple intersecting tracery window of sandstone with iron grille; triangular vent louvre to the rear roof pitch.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a Victorian mausoleum of unusual and interesting origins.
Group value with other listed items at the Parish Church of Llanfor.
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