Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
82764
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/04/2004
Date of Amendment
30/04/2004
Name of Property
Matthews Tomb in St Mary's Churchyard
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Usk
Town
Usk
Locality
Usk
Easting
337859
Northing
200803
Street Side
E
Location
On S side of churchyard between Church Street gates and church.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Early C19, commemorating death of Edward Henry Matthews in 1840.
Exterior
Fine chest tomb with Classical detailing. Rectangular chest on plinth has heavy vermiculated and glacial quoins. Capstone supports rectangular urn.
Inscription in memory of Edward Henry Matthews "cut down by typhus fever" at age of 21 in 1840.
Interior
Reason for designation
Strongly designed early C19 chest tomb. Group value with adjacent listed church and churchyard walls.
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