Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
7867
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
11/03/1981
Date of Amendment
22/02/1995
Name of Property
Jones Monument, close to the south gatesof the churchyard
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Guilsfield
Town
Locality
Guilsfield
Easting
321936
Northing
311623
Street Side
Location
Located immediately within the gates to the churchyard to St Aelhaiarn's church, against a yew tree.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Table tomb, dated 1707.
Exterior
Stone. An undersplayed table raised on scroll shaped end slabs and supported by a centre baluster. Ends slabs inscribed 'Memento Mori', and 'Ut Hora sic vita', now very weathered, the table having edge fleurons and an inscription on top, incomplete, reading "Here lyeth ye body of Richard Jones of Moysgwin, gent, who was interred December ye 10th 1707 aged 90. Under this yew tree, Buried would hee be, For his father and hee, Planted this yew tree".
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an early C18 monument with important historical connections. Of group value with the Church of St Aelhaiarn and associated listed items.
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