Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Monument to Sir Briggs
Coedkernew, Newport, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 31 July 1996
- Locality
- Tredegar House
- Town
- Newport
- Community
- Coedkernew
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.56099, -3.02899
- Cadw reference
- 17099
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Set in the centre of the rear half of the Cedar Garden, to the SW side of the house, screened by four yew hedges.
History
Tredegar House was the seat of the Morgan family from the early C15 through to the mid C20. The surviving medieval house was incorporated into the South West wing of the much grander, classical house that was built between 1664 and 1672 by Sir William Morgan (d.1680). The obelisk commemorates 'Sir Briggs', the horse that carried Captain Godfrey Morgan, later Viscount Tredegar, at the Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854.
Exterior
Mid C19 stone obelisk and plinth, set upon square granite base. Carved scene of horse and soldier to front face. Inscription beneath commemorates the life of the horse "Sir Briggs" who carried his master through a series of battles on the Continent, including the Charge of the Light Brigade, in 1854.
Reason for designation
Listed grade II for group value with Tredegar House and the adjoining gardens and for its historic interest.
Nearby in the register
- Boundary Walls to Orangery Garden and Cedar Garden including three sets of gatepiersDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bothy and Potting Shed to the West of Bryans BuildingDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tredegar HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Garden walls to SE of Cedar Garden, inc gate piers, gates and flanking workshopsDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.