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Hearse house at the Church of St Mary

A Grade II Listed Building in Pentraeth, Isle of Anglesey

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2828 / 53°16'58"N

Longitude: -4.2153 / 4°12'55"W

OS Eastings: 252407

OS Northings: 378495

OS Grid: SH524784

Mapcode National: GBR HNY0.ZV2

Mapcode Global: WH53T.6RZ5

Plus Code: 9C5Q7QMM+4V

Entry Name: Hearse house at the Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 14 January 2003

Last Amended: 14 January 2003

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 80831

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300080831

Location: Set within the churchyard to NE of the Church of St Mary.

County: Isle of Anglesey

Community: Pentraeth

Community: Pentraeth

Built-Up Area: Pentraeth

Traditional County: Anglesey

Tagged with: Hearse house

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History

C18 or early C19 hearse house.

Exterior

Built of rubble masonry with large stones as quoins; slate roof. Doorway is in the SE gable with a ventilation slit in the gable apex over; 2 similar slits along the lateral walls.

Interior

Interior not inspected at the time of the survey.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a small hearse house of strong vernacular character. Forms a coherent group with the adjacent church of St Mary, for which it was built.

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