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Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
24125
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
12/10/2000
Date of Amendment
12/10/2000
Name of Property
Morgan memorial in churchyard of St Tysoi
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Llantrisant Fawr
Town
Usk
Locality
Llansoy
Easting
344243
Northing
202382
Street Side
Location
Situated in churchyard just S of rood stair on s side of the church.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Headstone in commemoration of Ann Morgan and her parents John and Ann Morgan, c1835.
Exterior
Stone headstone, carved top panel in relief of a recumbent figure tightly clasping a draped urn with oak tree background, the perspective and treatment of the subject rustic. Two low relief arched panels below with snake-entwined staff between. Left plaque to Ann Morgan died 1835 aged 20, and right plaque to her parents Ann d 1840 and John d 1852. Inscribed encomia to each in tiny letters.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as an exceptional piece of vernacular stone carving illustrating the quality and ambition of rustic stone carvers in the early C19.
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