Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Statue of Daniel Rowland at Capel Gwynfil
Llangeitho, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llangeitho, Tregaron, Ceredigion, designated on 5 December 1963.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 5 December 1963
- Locality
- Llangeitho
- Town
- Tregaron
- Community
- Llangeitho
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.21914, -4.02076
- Cadw reference
- 9918
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 195 Lampeter (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 78. Lampeter. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in iron-railed enclosure in forecourt of Capel Gwynfil, facing out over road to Aberystwyth.
History
Statue of Daniel Rowland (1713-90) one of the founders of Welsh Methodism and founder of Capel Gwynfil c1760. The statue of 1883 is by Edward Griffiths of Chester and cost £600.
Exterior
White marble statue of Daniel Rowland on high plain stone pedestal. Pedestal is of monolithic blocks: step, plinth and shaft, with chamfered upper edges of plinth and shaft. Statue is near life-size standing figure in C18 clerical dress, right arm upraised, left holding an open prayer book. By right side a pedestal with closed Bible. On the pedestal is inscription: 'Daniel Rowland, Ganwyd 1713, Bu Farw 1790' with below the verses: 'O Nefoedd! Nefoedd! Nefoedd!/ Buasai dy gonglau yn ddigon/ Gwag on i buasai fod Sion/ Yn magu plant i ti ar y ddaear'.
Reason for designation
Listed as one of the most important figures in Welsh nonconformity. Group value with Capel Gwynfil and chapel house.
Nearby in the register
- Capel GwynfilReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Ty Capel at Capel Gwynfil and outbuilding range attached to leftReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- NoddfaDomesticunder 1 mi
- The War MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.