Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
S.M. Hughes Monument and railed enclosure in Llanwnnen Churchyard
Llanwnnen, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanwnnen, Lampeter, Ceredigion, designated on 20 December 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 20 December 1996
- Locality
- Llanwnnen
- Town
- Lampeter
- Community
- Llanwnnen
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.10436, -4.14334
- Cadw reference
- 18072
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 195 Lampeter (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 78. Lampeter. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in NW part of churchyard of Church of St Lucia and St Gwynin.
History
Monument of c1840 to Sarah Maia Hughes of Castell-du, in large earlier C19 iron-railed enclosure.
Exterior
Enclosure is L-plan with spearhead iron railings, scrolls below top bar and urn stanchions. On S side, to right, is gate with scrolled arched overthrow, missing some decorative detail. Within the enclosure are three monuments, only one of architectural interest. This is to Sarah Maria Hughes of Castell-du, (d1840) and is a large sandstone square sarcophagus with slate inset plaques. Above is cornice, and then pyramidal large base for a big sandstone urn. The other two monuments are to Sarah Hughes (d 1865) and to William Jones of Llwynygroes (d 1887).
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of the railed tomb enclosure, with an unusually ornate monument.
Group value with the parish church.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St Lucia and St GwyninReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 5 Sycamore TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- 4 Sycamore TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- 2 Sycamore TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.