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
24053
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/09/2000
Date of Amendment
29/09/2000
Name of Property
Tomb of J S Brown in Churchyard of Former Church of St Mary
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Wye Valley
Town
Chepstow
Locality
Chapel Hill
Easting
353051
Northing
199961
Street Side
Location
About 30m from the east end of the Church of St Mary.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Monument to J S Brown who died in 1841 and the style of the tomb suggests that its construction was very soon after this.
Exterior
White limestone ashlar memorial of Roman altar type. Three square diminishing steps support a square shaft on a moulded base and with a low pyramid cap. The inscription is to J S Brown, died 1841.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a fine and rare early C19 neo-classical tomb.
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