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
25564
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/07/2001
Date of Amendment
18/07/2001
Name of Property
Obelisk to Marie Witherington in Churchyard of Church of St Peter
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Goetre Fawr
Town
Pontypool
Locality
Goetre
Easting
332704
Northing
205897
Street Side
W
Location
About 40m south of the south porch of Church of St Peter.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
An early C19 churchyard monument which probably dates from very close to the recorded death in 1807.
Exterior
A neo-classical monument cut from Forest of Dean sandstone ashlar. A square base with plinth and cornice carries a sharply tapering obelisk which has the point blunted. The four sides of the base are inscribed within framed panels to Marie, wife of Henry Witherington, died 1807.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a very good quality churchyard memorial in the neo-classical style dating from c1807.
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