Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Roberts Monument in churchyard of Church of St Tysilio
Llantysilio, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llantysilio, Llangollen, Denbighshire, designated on 22 April 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 22 April 1998
- Locality
- Llantysilio
- Town
- Llangollen
- Community
- Llantysilio
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.98318, -3.20227
- Cadw reference
- 19690
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
The monument stands in the graveyard approximately 20m W of the W end of the church.
History
Erected c1805.
Exterior
A square sandstone die with a wide cornice, supporting a short column (a short support rising from a moulded square, now renewed in concrete) and a very large partly fluted urn with its top swept up to a moulded cone finial. The die is inscribed on 2 faces, to the Rev Edward Roberts of Dinbran, d.1805, with his wife Sarah added later.
Reason for designation
Included as an unusual and boldly designed monument of the early C19.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St TysilioReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Jones Chest Tomb in churchyard of Church of St TysilioReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Pickering Monument in churchyard of Church of St TysilioReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Jones Monument in churchyard of Church of St TysilioReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.