Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
24918
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/02/2001
Date of Amendment
28/02/2001
Name of Property
Group of four Chest Tombs in Churchyard to the south west of Church of St Oudoceus
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Wye Valley
Town
Monmouth
Locality
Llandogo
Easting
352655
Northing
204060
Street Side
E
Location
About 20m to the south west of the Church of St Oudoceus.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Group of four chest tombs dating from the mid and late C18. The dates of death recorded are 1736, 1748, 1749 and 1789.
Exterior
Four sandstone chest tombs with scrolled corner balusters and slab tops with cyma recta mouldings. They are inscribed severally :-
Benjamin Lewis, died 1748
Anne, wife of George Lewis, died 1749
Barbara Griffiths, died 1736
Mary, wife of Jon Holt, died 1789
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a particularly good and well preserved group of C18 chest tombs having strong group value with the Church of St Oudoceus, the other churchyard monuments and the churchyard wall.
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