Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
Memorial to Lewis Evan Photograph
Region ID | AH | |
Work ID | 195 | |
Manual Reference | POWYS021 | |
Type | Column | |
Title | Memorial to Lewis Evan | |
Date of design | ||
Year of unveiling | ||
Unveiling details | ||
Road | Minor road off the B4390 | |
Precise Location | In southern forecourt of Capel Adfa | |
A to Z Ref | ||
OS Ref | SJ060011 | |
Postcode | ||
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | II | |
Duty of Care | ||
Commissioned by | ||
Notes | ||
Whitewashed stone memorial with four sides, surmounted by a tiered pyramid topped with a decorated fleur de lis finial. Memorial sits on a square plinth on a wide square base with shallow iron railings painted green fixed to top of base. | ||
Lewis Evan (1719-1792) was born in Trefeglwys but moved to Llanllugan when he was 18. He became the first Methodist Counsellor in North Wales and was a well known preacher and exhorter of the Calvinistic Methodists.He died soon after the completion of Capel Adfa and is buried in Llanllugan churchyard. | ||
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raw year | ||
Condition | Good | |
At risk | No known risk | |
Inscriptions | Cut into stone and painted black on side of memorial: In / memory of / LEWIS EVAN / Llanllugan / the first Preacher / in connection with / the Calvinistic Methodists / in North Wales / Born in 1719 a.d. / Died in 1792 a.d. / He had trial of cruel mockings / and scourgings yea moreover / of bonds and Imprisonment. Cut into stone and painted black on side of memorial: Er Cof / am / LEWIS EVAN / Llanllugan / Y Cynghorwr Cyntaf / gyda'r / Methodistiaid Calvinaidd yn / Ngogledd Cymru / Ganwyd yn 1719 / Bu farw yn 1792 / Cafodd brofedigaeth trwy / watwar a fflangellau ie trwy / rwymau helyd a charchar | |
Signatures | ||
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
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Whole work | Stone | 260cm high |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character
Detail | Comment |
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Biological growth | Lichen on base |
Structural Condition
Structural Condition | Comment |
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Other | Good |
Vandalism
Vandalism | Comment |
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None | |
