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Gate piers, gates, walls and railings to churchyard

A Grade II Listed Building in Llandygai, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2172 / 53°13'2"N

Longitude: -4.098 / 4°5'52"W

OS Eastings: 260012

OS Northings: 370963

OS Grid: SH600709

Mapcode National: GBR 5R.170P

Mapcode Global: WH548.0DVF

Plus Code: 9C5Q6W82+VR

Entry Name: Gate piers, gates, walls and railings to churchyard

Listing Date: 24 May 2000

Last Amended: 24 May 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 23399

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300023399

Location: Enclosing the churchyard of St Tegai's Church.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Bangor

Community: Llandygai (Llandygái)

Community: Llandygai

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Wall

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History

The medieval churchyard appears originally to have been roughly circular and this is still discernible, despite the slate-fenced extension to the south-east of 1834. Most of the present enclosure, and certainly the gate piers, gates and railings, dates from 1853, the year in which the church was restored and the churchyard extended to the west. The yew avenue was probably also planted at this time.

Exterior

The gate piers and gates stand directly west of the west porch to St Tegai's Church with between the two a broad yew-lined avenue, defined to both north and south by a low slate-slab topped wall with pointed iron railings and unusual axe-shaped standards; gates at east end lead to Talgai Hall and The Old School House. The gate piers at the eastern end of the avenue are of Anglesey limestone ashlar and have 2 tiers of trefoil-headed blind tracery panels with moulded plinths and shaped capping flanked by quadrant walls, also of ashlar, ending in lower and plainer piers; heavy ramped wooden double gates between inner piers have 2 tiers of trefoiled arches with hollow spandrels and iron-spiked tops. South of the gate piers the wall is of rubblestone with slate coping and iron railings as in the avenue to the church entrance and follows curve of lane to south-east. To the east of the church is the park wall to Penrhyn Castle and the churchyard extension is defined on its eastern side by a slate slab and wire fence.

Reasons for Listing

Included on account of the churchyard's strong contribution to the setting of St Tegai's church and the excellent quality of the gates, gate piers and railings.

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Other nearby listed buildings

  • II Ysgol Llandygai & School House
    Situated in centre of village to south-west of church; school has playground to front and front garden of School House is boarded by substantial rubblestone block wall with regularly spaced buttresses
  • II Neuadd Talgai
    Situated directly to the north of the Church of St Tegai with the wall to Penrhyn Park to the north; separated from the churchyard by the railings running along the northern side of its yew-lined aven
  • II The Old School House
    Situated directly to the north of the Church of St Tegai with the wall to Penrhyn Park to the north; separated from the churchyard by the railings running along the northern side of its yew-lined aven
  • II* Church of St Tegai
    Located at north-eastern end of village.
  • II The Anchorage
    Situated in fairly extensive grounds immediately west of the main entrance to Neuadd Talgai; rubblestone walling to roadside with entrance on west; park wall to Penrhyn Park forms northern boundary.
  • II* Wyatt Memorial at the Church of St Tegai
    Located directly to the south of the chancel of the Church of St Tegai.
  • II Rose Cottage
    Situated immediately to the north-east of No.7 on the road towards the church; low rubblestone wall to roadside largely concealed by privet hedge is breached by wide vehicular access.
  • II 8 Llandygai Village
    Situated immediately to the north-east of No.7 on the road towards the church; low rubblestone wall to roadside largely concealed by privet hedge is breached by wide vehicular access to No.9.

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