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
24125
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
12/10/2000  
Date of Amendment
12/10/2000  
Name of Property
Morgan memorial in churchyard of St Tysoi  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire  
Community
Llantrisant Fawr  
Town
Usk  
Locality
Llansoy  
Easting
344243  
Northing
202382  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated in churchyard just S of rood stair on s side of the church.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
Headstone in commemoration of Ann Morgan and her parents John and Ann Morgan, c1835.  

Exterior
Stone headstone, carved top panel in relief of a recumbent figure tightly clasping a draped urn with oak tree background, the perspective and treatment of the subject rustic. Two low relief arched panels below with snake-entwined staff between. Left plaque to Ann Morgan died 1835 aged 20, and right plaque to her parents Ann d 1840 and John d 1852. Inscribed encomia to each in tiny letters.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as an exceptional piece of vernacular stone carving illustrating the quality and ambition of rustic stone carvers in the early C19.  

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