Roath Court Funeral Home - Cardiff, Wales, UK - Funeral Homes on Waymarking.com

Roath Court was built in the late 18th or early 19th century

In the mid nineteenth century the house became the residence of Charles Crofts Williams, a descendant of Charles Williams, a tanner from Caerleon who settled in Cardiff a century earlier. Roath Court is now a funeral home, preserved under the name of James Summers who, in 1858, left Bridgewater by Sea to settle in Cardiff. He worked on the building of the Royal Hotel and was persuaded by Augustine Stone, later a Councillor, who had befriended him, to set up as an Undertaker. In 1878 he established a site in Broadway where he had a fine stable of Belgian black horses individually named after the generals and leaders of the Boer War period. James Summers son, John, succeeded his father. After John Summers died in 1949, his sons Morlais and Cuthbert maintained the family interest. In 1952 Morlais, the eldest son, saw that Roath Court was to be sold and he purchased it as a dignified and prestigious funeral home. Now Paul Summers, great-grandson of the founder, continues in the tradition built up over a century.


Personal note:

James Summers and sons have provided a very professional service for my family over the years, conducting the funerals of my grandparents and most recently my father in 2008.

Crematory: no Cemetery: no Chapels: Two Address of Funeral Home: Roath Court Newport Road Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom CF24 1XP Website: [Web Link]

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