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Roberts Monument in churchyard of Church of St Tysilio

A Grade II Listed Building in Llantysilio, Denbighshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9832 / 52°58'59"N

Longitude: -3.2023 / 3°12'8"W

OS Eastings: 319380

OS Northings: 343547

OS Grid: SJ193435

Mapcode National: GBR 6X.J2M5

Mapcode Global: WH783.S89V

Plus Code: 9C4RXQMX+73

Entry Name: Roberts Monument in churchyard of Church of St Tysilio

Listing Date: 22 April 1998

Last Amended: 22 April 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 19690

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300019690

Location: The monument stands in the graveyard approximately 20m W of the W end of the church.

County: Denbighshire

Town: Llangollen

Community: Llantysilio

Community: Llantysilio

Traditional County: Denbighshire

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History

Erected c1805.

Exterior

A square sandstone die with a wide cornice, supporting a short column (a short support rising from a moulded square, now renewed in concrete) and a very large partly fluted urn with its top swept up to a moulded cone finial. The die is inscribed on 2 faces, to the Rev Edward Roberts of Dinbran, d.1805, with his wife Sarah added later.

Reasons for Listing

Included as an unusual and boldly designed monument of the early C19.

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