Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
18/07/2001
Date of Amendment
18/07/2001
Name of Property
Obelisk to Marie Witherington in Churchyard of Church of St Peter
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Location
About 40m south of the south porch of Church of St Peter.
Broad Class
Commemorative
History
An early C19 churchyard monument which probably dates from very close to the recorded death in 1807.
Exterior
A neo-classical monument cut from Forest of Dean sandstone ashlar. A square base with plinth and cornice carries a sharply tapering obelisk which has the point blunted. The four sides of the base are inscribed within framed panels to Marie, wife of Henry Witherington, died 1807.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a very good quality churchyard memorial in the neo-classical style dating from c1807.
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