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Picton Jones Monument

A Grade II Listed Building in Llannor, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.903 / 52°54'10"N

Longitude: -4.3859 / 4°23'9"W

OS Eastings: 239629

OS Northings: 336621

OS Grid: SH396366

Mapcode National: GBR 5C.P331

Mapcode Global: WH44J.L9P9

Plus Code: 9C4QWJ37+6M

Entry Name: Picton Jones Monument

Listing Date: 8 February 1999

Last Amended: 8 February 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 21328

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300021328

Location: The monument stands in the NE corner of the churchyard of St Cawrdaf's Church, at the rear of the Church Hall.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Pwllheli

Community: Llannor

Community: Llannor

Locality: Abererch

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Monument

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History

Erected between 1871 and 1881 for Llewelyn, brother of Griffith Thomas Picton Jones of the nearby gentry house of Ty Iocus.

Exterior

Built from coarse-grained granite. The tomb is in the form of a sarcophagus standing on a moulded base, the outward-sloping sides rising to a Doric entablature and moulded capstone, and having cushion rolls at the ends. Inscription on the sides eroded, erected to Llewelyn Picton-Jones of Yoke House [Ty Iocws]. Date illegible.

Two brass plates to later members of the family have been added.

Reasons for Listing

Included as an unusual and notable graveyard monument of the later C19.

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