Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
30/04/2004
Date of Amendment
30/04/2004
Name of Property
Matthews Tomb in St Mary's Churchyard
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Location
On S side of churchyard between Church Street gates and church.
History
Early C19, commemorating death of Edward Henry Matthews in 1840.
Exterior
Fine chest tomb with Classical detailing. Rectangular chest on plinth has heavy vermiculated and glacial quoins. Capstone supports rectangular urn.
Inscription in memory of Edward Henry Matthews "cut down by typhus fever" at age of 21 in 1840.
Reason for designation
Strongly designed early C19 chest tomb. Group value with adjacent listed church and churchyard walls.
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