Y Garreg Fawr, Llanbadarn Fawr, Ceredigion

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.4084 / 52°24'30"N

Longitude: -4.0597 / 4°3'34"W

OS Eastings: 259993

OS Northings: 280931

OS Grid: SN599809

Mapcode National: GBR 8S.PC37

Mapcode Global: VH4FC.LQ5K

Plus Code: 9C4QCW5R+94

Entry Name: Y Garreg Fawr

Listing Date: 25 October 2002

Last Amended: 25 October 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 27050

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300027050

Location: Situated just N of the war memorial in The Square at the bottom of Primrose Hill in the centre of the village.

County: Ceredigion

Town: Aberystwyth

Community: Llanbadarn Fawr

Built-Up Area: Aberystwyth

Traditional County: Cardiganshire

Tagged with: Architectural structure

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History

Flat stone of uncertain date, about 2.2 m long, set at the village centre certainly since the C17. Used as a preaching platform by itinerant preachers in the C17 and C18, including Vavasor Powell and Richard Davies.

Exterior

Large broken stone of roughly rectangular shape set horizontally on top of stone pedestal of tooled squared blue-grey stones, part of the enclosure behind the War Memorial of 1924. Pedestal with iron plaque ' Y Garreg Fawr. This ancient structure belongs to the Powells of Nanteos as Lords of the Manor of Llanbadarn Fawr.'

Reasons for Listing

Included for historical interest as an ancient and folkloric stone.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II The War Memorial
Situated in The Square at the bottom of Primrose Hill in the centre of the village.
II Padarn House including front railings
Situated in the village centre, opposite church lychgate and war memorial.
II Lychgate to SE of Church of St Padarn
Situated on the SE corner of the churchyard near The Square in the centre of the village.
II Ty Mawr and railings
Situated on the S side of the A44 just SE of The Square.
I Church of St Padarn
Situated on a sloping site just W of The Square in the centre of the village.
II Glyn Padarn
Situated on the S side of Ffordd Sulien (A44) some 120m NW of its junction with the A4120.
II Churchyard gate to SW of Church of St Padarn
Situated in the SW corner of the churchyard at the junction of Heol-y-llan and Penyfron Road.
II Capel Saron including vestry, forecourt railings and gates
Situated in the centre of Llanbadarn Fawr, on the E side of the A4120 some 150m S of its junction with the A44.

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Y Garreg Fawr

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanbadarn Fawr, Ceredigion