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Churchyard cross and Dickinson vault

A Grade II Listed Building in Honddu Isaf, Powys

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9813 / 51°58'52"N

Longitude: -3.4079 / 3°24'28"W

OS Eastings: 303400

OS Northings: 232367

OS Grid: SO034323

Mapcode National: GBR YN.K99M

Mapcode Global: VH6BR.WG7G

Plus Code: 9C3RXHJR+GR

Entry Name: Churchyard cross and Dickinson vault

Listing Date: 16 February 2005

Last Amended: 16 February 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 83674

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300083674

Location: On the S side of the churchyard in the centre of Llandefaelog Fach.

County: Powys

Town: Brecon

Community: Honddu Isaf

Community: Honddu Isaf

Locality: Llandefaelog Fach

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

Tagged with: Christian cross

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History

Churchyard cross over family vault, c. 1858, to John Jones of Glanhonddu died 1857. Possibly by W. Habershon who restored the church in 1857. Inscriptions to his family and descendants, the Dickinson family: wife Catherine died 1862, his daughter Catherine Dickinson died 1863, husband Col Douglas J. Dickinson died 1865, their children Frank Dickinson 1846-7, Edith Dickinson 1852-61, Louis Dickinson 1859-61, Kate Dickinson 1860-2, Mary Dickinson 1851-69; John D. Dickinson died 1900, his widow Mary died 1935, D. J. Dickinson 1878-1902, Helen Dickinson died 1945, her husband Frederick D. Dickinson died 1950, Mary Dickinson died 1968.

Exterior

Cross, Bath stone. Octagonal broached plinth on octagonal base, tapering shaft, square at base broached to octagonal, and top with four carved figures each under nodding ogee gabled canopy with crockets to gables and top cross finial. Cross stands on flat top of vault, entered from low door on S side. Concreted top with outer coping and railings of iron chain link on iron uprights, the corner and entry posts with pineapple finilas, the intermediate ones with spearheads.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a well-carved memorial cross of definite quality; group value with the church and the Watkins mausoleum.

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Other nearby listed buildings

  • II Mausoleum to Watkins family of Penoyre
    On the S side of the churchyard in the centre of Llandefaelog Fach. Now surrounded by scrub and other vegetation.
  • II* Church of Saint Maelog
    In a prominent position in the centre of Llandefaelog Fach between the B4520 and the Afon Honddu.
  • II Lychgate to Church of Saint Maelog
    On the W side of the churchyard in the centre of Llandefaelog Fach.
  • II Bridge over Afon Honddu
    Carrying a minor road over the Afon Honddu just N of the Church of Saint Maelog in Llandefaelog Fach.
  • II Llandefaelog House
    On the W side of the B4520 some 100m SW of the Church of Saint Maelog. There is a Norman motte adjacent.
  • II The Old Rectory
    On the N side of Llandefaelog Fach at the end of a drive some 200m NW of the Church of Saint Maelog.
  • II* Glan-Honddu
    On the S side of Llandefaelog Fach at the end of a drive W off the B4520.
  • II Lodge to Glan-Honddu
    On the W side of the B4520 some 650m S of the Church of Saint Maelog in Llandefaelog Fach.

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