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
18463
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/05/1997
Date of Amendment
29/05/1997
Name of Property
Tomb of Margaret Davies in St. Cadoc's Churchyard.
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Torfaen
Community
Trevethin
Town
Pontypool
Locality
Trevethin
Easting
328415
Northing
202008
Street Side
N
Location
In St Cadoc's Churchyard about 20m east of the chancel.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
The style of the tomb suggests that the earliest death date of 1814 is likely to be when it was manufactured.
Exterior
Chest tomb in limestone of Margaret, wife of William Davies, died 1814 and other members of the Davies family. A chest on a low moulded base which tapers up to an overhanging capstone. The inscriptions, which are well lettered, are on panels which project at a different plane from the main taper of the chest sides.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for group value with Church of St. Cadoc as a well preserved example of an early C19 chest tomb.
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