Vaughan Chest Tomb in the churchyard of the Church of St Garmon, Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9283 / 52°55'41"N

Longitude: -4.3472 / 4°20'49"W

OS Eastings: 242320

OS Northings: 339341

OS Grid: SH423393

Mapcode National: GBR 5F.MDH7

Mapcode Global: WH44C.6N4H

Plus Code: 9C4QWMH3+84

Entry Name: Vaughan Chest Tomb in the churchyard of the Church of St Garmon

Listing Date: 31 March 1999

Last Amended: 31 March 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 21584

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300021584

Location: The chest tomb stands to the S of the nave wall of the church, near the path.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Pwllheli

Community: Llanystumdwy

Locality: Llangybi

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Tomb

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History

The tomb commemorates John Vaughan, son of Jane, the daughter of Thomas ap Gruffydd of Madryn, who matriculated at Oxford, a member of the well known gentry family of Vaughan of Glasfryn.

Exterior

A low set ledger slab of stone, with under-chamfered endges, inscribed at its head with cut lettering reading:- HIC.IACET.IOHANN/ES: VAGHAN:DE:G/LASFRYN:GEN:QVI/OBIT 5. 9LIS.1665.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a relatively rare and well-preserved example of a C17 chest tomb.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II* Church of St Garmon
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II Former School in the churchyard of the Church of St Garmon
The schoolroom is in the E side of the churchyard, set back from and accessed from the encircling road.
II Cowhouse and Farm Range W of Ty'n-llan
Ty'n-llan farm is in Llanarmon village, immediately S of the church. The farm buildings lie to the W of the farmhouse.
II Ty'n-llan
The house stands on the S side of the road from Llanystumdwy, opposite the churchyard, with the farm buildings on the W.
II Piggery and associated structures at Ty'n-llan
Ty'n-llan farm lies S and across the road from the church at the centre of Llanarmon.
II Ty-Hir
The large farmhouse stands end on to the road, and facing S, on the road which runs NE of Llanarmon village in the direction of Rhosgyll.
II Capel Siloh
The chapel is set in the rows of cottages which form the N side of the main street in the village.
II Milestone
The milestone is on the N side of the Chwilog village street, standing against the wall of a house known as Tegfan.

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Vaughan Chest Tomb in the churchyard of the Church of St Garmon

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd