Churchyard walls and gateway at Llandyfan church, Cyngor Bro Dyffryn Cennen (Dyffryn Cennen), Carmarthenshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.836 / 51°50'9"N

Longitude: -3.973 / 3°58'22"W

OS Eastings: 264157

OS Northings: 217107

OS Grid: SN641171

Mapcode National: GBR DX.VF53

Mapcode Global: VH4JB.23ZV

Plus Code: 9C3RR2PG+CR

Entry Name: Churchyard walls and gateway at Llandyfan church

Listing Date: 24 November 1998

Last Amended: 24 November 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 20913

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300020913

Location: Situated to W of Church of St Dyfan, enclosing W end of churchyard.

County: Carmarthenshire

Town: Ammanford

Community: Cyngor Bro Dyffryn Cennen (Dyffryn Cennen)

Community: Cyngor Bro Dyffryn Cennen

Locality: Llandyfan

Traditional County: Carmarthenshire

Tagged with: Churchyard wall Church gate

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History

Churchyard walls and gateway to the Church of St Dyfan, rebuilt 1864-5 to designs by R.K. Penson, by whom also presumably these walls and gate.

Exterior

Churchyard walls and gate, red sandstone rubble with grey limestone chamfered copings. Pointed arched W entry with coped gable over. Iron gates. Walls run S to canted SW corner before continuing E stepping upwards and then NE behind apse before returning E. From gateway N wall runs N a short distance then turns NE, then E, stepping up, then N again with outlet from baptistery, then E to finish at embanked hillside N of church.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a well-built churchyard wall with Gothic gabled entrance, of group value with the church at Llandyfan.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Baptistery in Llandyfan churchyard
Situated sunk in level churchyard on N side of Llandyfan church.
II Church of St Dyfan
Situated immediately N of Llandyfan farmhouse, some 2 km S of Trap in valley of Afon Cennen.
II Llandyfan House
Situated some 2 km S of Trap, in Afon Cennen valley, on E side of lane, just S of Llandyfan church.
II Outbuilding on N side of farmyard at Llandyfan
Situated on the upper side of the farmyard at Llandyfan, at right angles to the barn.
II Outbuildings on SE side of farmyard at Llandyfan
Situated along lower side of farmyard at Llandyfan, joined at NE end to corner of barn.
II Barn to the rear of Llandyfan
Situated across upper end of farmyard to rear of Llandyfan.
II Lime Kiln to rear of Llandyfan
Situated built into high bank to rear NE of barn behind Llandyfan, approached by footpath from Llandyfan church.
II Pont Cennen (partly in Dyffryn Cennen community)
In the village of Derwydd, crossing the River Cennen, 150m north of the road to Trapp.

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Churchyard walls and gateway at Llandyfan church

A Grade II Listed Building in Cyngor Bro Dyffryn Cennen (Dyffryn Cennen), Carmarthenshire