Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Monument to the Ladies of Llangollen & their Housekeeper in the Churchyard of St. Collen's Parish Ch
Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llangollen, Denbighshire, designated on 22 December 1989.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 22 December 1989
- Community
- Llangollen
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.96916, -3.16813
- Cadw reference
- 1166
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
In the churchyard to the SW of the Parish Church enclosed behind high railings
History
Erected in 1810 after the death of Mary Carryl who came from Ireland with Lady Eleanor Butler and Hon Sarah Ponsonby as their housekeeper at Plas Newydd. Designed by Thomas Parker of Sweeney Hall (father of the famous architectural historian John Parker).
Exterior
Triangular and Gothic in style; freestone. Pyramidal cap and gables to each face and small gables over panelled corner buttresses. Cusped recesses to each face containing stone carved memorial tablets with lengthy inscriptions and biblical quotations. The SE side commemorates Mrs Mary Carryl (died 1809), the W side commemorates Lady Eleanor Charlotte Butler (died 1829) and the NE side commemorates Sarah Ponsonby (died 1931).
Reason for designation
Group value with the Parish Church, sundial and the churchyard wall.
Nearby in the register
- Sundial in the churchyard of St. Collen's Parish ChurchGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- St.Collen's Parish ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 4 Cross LaneDomesticunder 1 mi
- Churchyard Wall to N.of st. Collen's Parish Church, Including Gated EntryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.