Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Churchyard walls around the graveyard, Church of St Cynwyd
Llangynwyd Middle, Bridgend, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llangynwyd, Llangynwyd Middle, Bridgend, designated on 8 September 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 8 September 1998
- Locality
- Llangynwyd
- Town
- Llangynwyd Middle
- Community
- Llangynwyd Middle
- Unitary authority
- Bridgend
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.58646, -3.65039
- Cadw reference
- 20437
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesNational Library of Scotland
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1907 · 248 Pontypridd (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1930 · OS Popular Edition 1919-1947 (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
The main churchyard surrounds the church, in the centre of the village.
History
The church at Llangynwyd is probably of pre-Norman origin, and a building is recorded in 1173.
Exterior
The churchyard is D-shaped, closely surrounded by the road, and is walled all round, the S quadrant consisting of up to 2.3m high high retaining walls of Pennant sandstone, probably of early origin and now largely C18-C19, with a gate on the S, and a further gate on the W side leading to the large graveyard extension. The S gate piers are of ashlar, with stepped cappings and an iron overthrow with a central lantern. The W pier has an inserted granite panel, a memorial to the 1914-1918 war, inscribed in Welsh, the E pier has a similar panel in English for the 1939-1945 war. The E piers are large, of rock-faced rubble and domed tops, also with iron gates.
Reason for designation
Included as an important feature in the village centre, of group value with the church of St Cynwyd and other listed items in the conservation area.
Nearby in the register
- Two chest tombs on S side of the Church of St CynwydReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Jenkins Monument in the churchyard, Church of St CynwydReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St CynwydReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Group of 4 Hopkin and Jenkins tombs within iron railings on the W side of the path to the S porchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.