Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
18452
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/05/1997
Date of Amendment
29/05/1997
Name of Property
Tomb of John Phillips at Tabernacle Baptist Church
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Torfaen
Community
Trevethin
Town
Pontypool
Locality
Old Penygarn
Easting
328522
Northing
201531
Street Side
N
Location
In the small paved area in front of Tabernacle Baptist Church
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Tomb of John Phillips, died 1852, erected then or soon after.
Exterior
Chest tomb of John Phillips died 1852. Pinkish sandstone panels with limestone base and cap. In the eighteenth century style. Base of two steps, corner balusters (one damaged) of Jacobean type. Inscriptions to various members of the Phillips family. Top with central ridge and roll moulded edge.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the Tabernacle Baptist Church, and as a good example of a mid C19 century chest tomb of unusual quality for a Baptist cemetery.
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