Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
18453
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/05/1997
Date of Amendment
29/05/1997
Name of Property
Tomb of William Edmunds at Tabernacle Baptist Church
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Torfaen
Community
Trevethin
Town
Pontypool
Locality
Old Penygarn
Easting
328528
Northing
201537
Street Side
N
Location
In the small paved area in front of Tabernacle Baptist Church.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
A chest tomb erected in 1832 or soon after.
Exterior
Chest tomb of William Edmunds, died 1832. Grey limestone with darker base and cap. Eighteenth century style. Monumental chest on two stepped plinth, the upper step is moulded. Chest with corner pilasters in antis with vermiculated blocking. Each face with a finely incised inscription to William Edmunds, died 1832, and other members of his family, each panel with an inscribed frame.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the Tabernacle Baptist Church, and as a good and well preserved example of a nineteenth century chest tomb of unusual quality for a Baptist cemetery.
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