Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
2690
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/11/1980
Date of Amendment
06/12/2005
Name of Property
Monument to Eleanor Isabella Franklin at east end of Church of St. Andrew
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Llangybi
Town
Newport
Locality
Tredunnock
Easting
338000
Northing
194859
Street Side
Location
In a group of Victorian monuments at the east end of the church.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Probably erected soon after the recorded death in 1860.
Exterior
Red sandstone ashlar with iron railings. Monument in the form of a medieval altar. Rectangular Gothic tomb with 6 x 2 cusped arch arcade supporting a moulded slab top carrying a recumbent cross. This tomb is set on a stone base with a small railed surround. The arcade contains several inscriptions, one is inscribed: 'Eleanor Isabella... only child (of) Sir John Franklin, first discoverer of the North West Passage... from a deadly malady from which she had rescued a suffering child, died... 1860.'
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for historical interest and as a fine Victorian Gothic table tomb having strong group value with the nearby Church of St. Andrew.
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