Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Nicholl family tomb in churchyard of St Teilo, Merthyr Mawr
Merthyr Mawr, Bridgend, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Merthyr Mawr, Bridgend, designated on 29 January 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 29 January 1999
- Locality
- Merthyr Mawr
- Community
- Merthyr Mawr
- Unitary authority
- Bridgend
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.48546, -3.60988
- Cadw reference
- 21246
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 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)
- 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the SE side of the church, near the E boundary of the churchyard.
History
Family tomb built for Sir John Nicholl (1759-1838) of Merthyr Mawr House. The tomb was originally surrounded by railings, which were removed at an unknown date.
Exterior
A stone table tomb with flat capstone. The angles have pilasters with husks below 4-leaf flowers. On the short sides are oval tablets with the Nicholl family crest (a castle surmounted by a cornish chough) with heraldic pheons upper R and L. On the E side is raised lettering commemorating the family of the Right Honorable Sir John Nicholl. The long sides have wide oval tablets left blank (designed for commemorative inscriptions to be added later), with foliage upper R and L.
Reason for designation
An important component of the surviving buildings associated with Sir John Nicholl at Merthyr Mawr, and for group value with the church of St Teilo and other associated listed items.
Nearby in the register
- Churchyard wall and gate at St Teilo, Merthyr MawrReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Preaching Cross in churchyard of St TeiloReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Merthyr Mawr Churchyard CrossCrossunder 1 mi
- Church of St TeiloReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.