Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
80915
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/02/2003
Date of Amendment
26/02/2003
Name of Property
Hearse house at St Wddyn's Churchyard
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llanwddyn
Town
Locality
Cynon-isaf
Easting
302356
Northing
319251
Street Side
Location
At the south end of the Cemetery beside St Wddyn's Parish Church, about 400 m east of lake Vyrnwy Dam.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
St Wddyn's graveyard predates the closure of the original parish church and the construction of the present church (1887), and was probably established as a replacement when the flooding of the old church site was first anticipated in the 1860s, which is also the date of some of the earliest graves. This hearse house is probably an original feature of the graveyard.
Exterior
A building about 8 m by 6 m, in local slate masonry, the east side of which stands on the graveyard wall. Slate roof and tile ridge, coped gables. Double boarded doors in the south-facing front gable wall, with wrought-iron hinges and a timber lintel; boarded door at west side (facing graveyard) with a slate lintel. Cross-finial at front. High window at rear.
Interior
Reason for designation
A structure linked to the new churchyard of St Wddyn, probably the first structure related to the planning of the important Vyrnwy Reservoir.
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