Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lewis monument in churchyard to SE of the church of St Paulinus
Llangors, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 21 August 1998
- Locality
- Llangors
- Community
- Llangors
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94031, -3.25958
- Cadw reference
- 20338
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
In the S part of the churchyard, S of the E end of the church.
History
Early C19 monument commemorating a family of Pencelli, inscription partly illegible records Hannah daughter of William... Anne Maria; later inscription to James Lewis of the Ebbw Vale Iron Co d 1856. Monument by Phillips of Talgarth.
Exterior
An unusual pier-shaped monument of pale ashlar surmounted by a small iron urn finial. Stands on a stone base on a plinth; the pier is slightly tapered from its own plinth moulding ending in an overhanging cornice with small shallow pediments to each face; each side of the pier has a tapered projecting inscription panel, the primary inscription on the E.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the church and other churchyard monuments as an unusual early C19 monument.
Nearby in the register
- Table tomb to Jane Watkeys in the churchyard to E of the church of St PaulinusCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Church of St PaulinusReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Table tomb to Richard Bowen in the churchyard to E of the church of St PaulinusCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Group of 3 headstones in the churchyard to SE of the church of St PaulinusCommemorativeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.