Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lychgate at the Church of St Beuno
Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Penmorfa, Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd, designated on 19 October 1971.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 19 October 1971
- Locality
- Penmorfa
- Town
- Dolbenmaen
- Community
- Dolbenmaen
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.94022, -4.17178
- Cadw reference
- 4285
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 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 119 Snowdon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
The church stands at the end of a minor road running WSW from the W end of Penmorfa village. The lychgate is at the E end of the churchyard, standing high above the sunken road.
History
Built, according to an inscription on the W gable, in 1698 for Mrs A M E Jones of Parciau. Some C19 restoration.
Exterior
The gate is set in the churchyard wall. It is built of rubble stonework with a slate roof between coped gables on kneelers. Five external rounded steps raise the path to the through passage, closed externally by boarded timber gates with strap hinges set in an outer rebate, the gateposts rising to a high cross transom and inserted plank arch. Within the passage, timber seats each side. On the SW gable end, a slate carrying an heraldic displayed eagle on a lozenge, and the inscription MRS A M E JONES / O'R PARKIAU A RODD / YR ADEILAD HON / 1698 / PAM OEDD / H JONES RECTOR / W WYNE ESQ R IOHN WADENIED.
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of a rural lychgate, for which the date of construction is known.
Nearby in the register
- Chest Tomb in churchyard of the Church of St BeunoReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Tyn-llanDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St BeunoReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Bryn-y-wernDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.