Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Weale Memorial in churchyard of Church of St Maritius
Erwood, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Alltmawr, Builth Wells, Erwood, Powys, designated on 3 August 2001.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 3 August 2001
- Locality
- Alltmawr
- Town
- Builth Wells
- Community
- Erwood
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.11236, -3.35482
- Cadw reference
- 25654
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 196 Builth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on slope W of the church.
History
Later C19 pedestal memorial with urn to Ann and Christopher Weale of Cwrt Gwenddwr.
Exterior
Pedestal memorial, sandstone ashlar with plinth, framed plaques each side, moulded cornice and capstone carrying squat gadrooned urn.
Square railed enclosure with low ashlar coping and tall spearhead rails with dog-bars, the spearheads of cast-iron.
Plaques have quadrant rebates to corners. Inscription on S side to Ann Weale (d 1865) of Court Gwenddwr, and on W to Christopher Weale (d 1867).
Reason for designation
Included as a formal C19 memorial in a railed enclosure, of strong group value with the church.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St MaritiusReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Aberedw Castle MoundMotteunder 1 mi
- Aberedw CastleCastleunder 1 mi
- Church of St CewyddReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.