Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Enclosing rails and walls to Thomas Johnes grave in Eglwys Newydd churchyard
Pontarfynach, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 16 March 2005
- Locality
- Hafod
- Town
- Aberystwyth
- Community
- Pontarfynach
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.34665, -3.80966
- Cadw reference
- 84252
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
In the churchyard some 25m SW of the church.
History
C19 enclosing rails and low wall to burial vault of Thomas Johnes of Hafod. Johnes died at Dawlish, Devon, 23/4/1819.
Exterior
Rubble stone back wall and short walls at right angles linking to railings to front, in 5 canted sections, side sections in line with walls and canted 3-sided front. Railings are of the conical lance head type on chamfered low stone coping. Standards at the angles are 5-sided cast-iron with fluted conical finials. Walls have flat coping.
Reason for designation
Included for historical interest as the grave of Thomas Johnes of Hafod.
Nearby in the register
- Eglwys Newydd ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Entrance gates and piers to Eglwys Newydd churchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Hafod: Peiran CascadeGarden Buildingunder 1 mi
- Bridge over the Nant PeiranTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.