Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Monument to Evan Jones ('Ieuan Gwynedd')
Penyrheol, Trecenydd and Energlyn, Caerphilly, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Groeswen, Caerphilly, Penyrheol, Trecenydd and Energlyn, designated on 25 May 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 25 May 1999
- Locality
- Groeswen
- Town
- Caerphilly
- Community
- Penyrheol, Trecenydd and Energlyn
- Unitary authority
- Caerphilly
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.57501, -3.26036
- Cadw reference
- 21735
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)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located at the W end of the burial ground.
History
Groeswen, built in 1742, was the first Calvinistic Methodist Chapel in Wales. The burial ground was acquired in the period 1798-1801, and was extended E in 1865. It is known as the 'Westminster of Wales' because of the fine collection of displayful monuments to ministers, benefactors of the chapel, and local bards.
Evan Jones ('Ieuan Gwynedd'), was born in Dolgelly in 1820. He became minister of Sardis Chapel, Tredegar in 1845, but is chiefly remembered as a journalist, writing essays and editing radical periodicals. In particular, he defended non-conformism against the Established Church and the Education Commissioners. He suffered ill health for several years and died in 1852 at the age of 32.
Exterior
Masonry obelisk in neo-classical style. Set on a moulded plinth. A tall, square-section, tapering base, with recessed panels and a lotus and palmette frieze, is surmounted by a pronounced moulded cornice, from which the obelisk rises. The front bears an inscription to the Rev. Evan Jones.
Reason for designation
Listed as an unusual neo-classical monument to a prominent Welsh journalist and pioneer of non-conformism.
Group value with Groeswen Chapel and other listed monuments in the burial ground.
Nearby in the register
- Telephone Call-BoxCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- Monument to William Williams ('Caledfryn')Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Monument to Thomas James Thomas and othersReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Groeswen ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.