The Monastery, Llanigon, Powys

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9759 / 51°58'33"N

Longitude: -3.0908 / 3°5'26"W

OS Eastings: 325172

OS Northings: 231391

OS Grid: SO251313

Mapcode National: GBR F2.KPZ6

Mapcode Global: VH78D.CLWM

Plus Code: 9C3RXWG5+9M

Entry Name: The Monastery

Listing Date: 28 September 1961

Last Amended: 20 June 1995

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 6619

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Also known as: Llanthony Abbey
The Monastery, Capel-Y-Ffin

ID on this website: 300006619

Location: The Monastery stands on a hillside to the west of the church at Capel-y-ffin, on an unregistered road, approx 3.5 miles NW of Llanthony.

County: Powys

Town: Abergacenny

Community: Llanigon

Locality: Capel-y-Ffin

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

Tagged with: Architectural structure

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History

The Monastery was started in 1869 by Father Ignatius (the Rev J L Lyne 1837-1908), as an Anglican Benedictine foundation in succession to Llanthony. The cloister was begun in 1870, the detached church in 1872; Charles Buckeridge was succeeded in 1873 as architect by J L Pearson. Building stopped in 1882 and the church collapsed c.1920. Acquired by the renowned artist Eric Gill 1924, as a Catholic self-supporting community of the Ditchling Guild.

Exterior

Stone, mainly 2-storeys, slate, tile & corrugated asbestos roofs. Freestyle early mediaeval, windows with pointed & square heads, chamfered & plain. A porch on NW has an ashlar buttress and corbelled-out upper floor.

Interior

Refectory with ceiling beams on corbels. A room which became a temporary chapel in 1924-5 and was later Eric Gill’s studio has a mural of the crucifixion by David Jones. Inscriptions on beams may also be by Jones.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its significance in the 19th century religious revival and association with Eric Gill.

[This description is under review, pending reinspection (August 2023). For more details contact [email protected]]

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The Monastery

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanigon, Powys