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
85210
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/08/2005
Date of Amendment
10/08/2005
Name of Property
Memorial to Charles Heath in Churchyard of Church of St. Mary
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Monmouth
Town
Monmouth
Locality
Monmouth
Easting
350861
Northing
212947
Street Side
N
Location
Immediately inside the main gate into the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Memorial to Charles Heath (1761-1831), important local historian and antiquarian and sometime Mayor of Monmouth. He was a bookseller who had his house and shop in what is now Nos. 22 & 23 Agincourt Square (qv). One of the few memorials to survive the landscaping of the churchyard.
Exterior
Sandstone ashlar. Square base with top mould, set on two steps. Cube with chamfered corners. Central recessed circular panel with ballflowers. Quatrefoil containing brass panel inscribed to Charles Heath.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest close to the principal church in Monmouth.
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