Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
9918
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
05/12/1963
Date of Amendment
15/10/1997
Name of Property
Statue of Daniel Rowland at Capel Gwynfil
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Llangeitho
Town
Tregaron
Locality
Llangeitho
Easting
262052
Northing
259806
Street Side
Location
Situated in iron-railed enclosure in forecourt of Capel Gwynfil, facing out over road to Aberystwyth.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Statue of Daniel Rowland (1713-90) one of the founders of Welsh Methodism and founder of Capel Gwynfil c1760. The statue of 1883 is by Edward Griffiths of Chester and cost £600.
Exterior
White marble statue of Daniel Rowland on high plain stone pedestal. Pedestal is of monolithic blocks: step, plinth and shaft, with chamfered upper edges of plinth and shaft. Statue is near life-size standing figure in C18 clerical dress, right arm upraised, left holding an open prayer book. By right side a pedestal with closed Bible. On the pedestal is inscription: 'Daniel Rowland, Ganwyd 1713, Bu Farw 1790' with below the verses: 'O Nefoedd! Nefoedd! Nefoedd!/ Buasai dy gonglau yn ddigon/ Gwag on i buasai fod Sion/ Yn magu plant i ti ar y ddaear'.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as one of the most important figures in Welsh nonconformity. Group value with Capel Gwynfil and chapel house.
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