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
2124
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
01/04/1974  
Date of Amendment
30/04/2004  
Name of Property
Churchyard Wall & Gateways at Priory Church of St Mary  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire  
Community
Usk  
Town
Usk  
Locality
Usk  
Easting
337835  
Northing
200804  
Street Side
 
Location
The churchyard wall surrounds the W, N, E and part of churchyard. Gates are at E and W.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
Churchyard wall probably partly medieval and related to the monastic precinct. Gates and gatepiers C19.  

Exterior
Rubble stone wall around churchyard of varying heights, taller at N with some brick coping; low and topped by railings at E; at W a gap has been created to house a granite War Memorial. At SE the wall extends from NE corner of the Priory to the E gate. Two fine sets of gatepiers at W and E ends of churchyard: tall rusticated square piers of tooled stone with cornice and plinth. Tall cast iron double gates with spear finials, separate pedestrian gates and flanking lengths of railing. (A small section of churchyard wall at SW joining Gatehouse and Priory is listed separately.) The enclosed churchyard has a number of good early C19 chest tombs, some iron railings round monuments, some well engraved headstones, a weathered medieval effigy and a medieval cross base. Outside the W door is a modern stone commemorating Saint David Lewis, born 1616 at Abergavenny, martyred at Usk 1679, to whom the Usk Roman Catholic church is dedicated.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed as an integral part of the Priory complex. Group value with this and other listed buildings in Priory Street and Four Ash Street.  

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