Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Tomb of John Phillips at Tabernacle Baptist Church
Trevethin, Torfaen, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Old Penygarn, Pontypool, Trevethin, Torfaen, designated on 29 May 1997.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 29 May 1997
- Locality
- Old Penygarn
- Town
- Pontypool
- Community
- Trevethin
- Unitary authority
- Torfaen
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.70794, -3.03585
- Cadw reference
- 18452
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
In the small paved area in front of Tabernacle Baptist Church
History
Tomb of John Phillips, died 1852, erected then or soon after.
Exterior
Chest tomb of John Phillips died 1852. Pinkish sandstone panels with limestone base and cap. In the eighteenth century style. Base of two steps, corner balusters (one damaged) of Jacobean type. Inscriptions to various members of the Phillips family. Top with central ridge and roll moulded edge.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the Tabernacle Baptist Church, and as a good example of a mid C19 century chest tomb of unusual quality for a Baptist cemetery.
Nearby in the register
- Tomb of William Edmunds at Tabernacle Baptist ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Tabernacle Baptist ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Park CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tomb of Margaret Davies in St. Cadoc's Churchyard.Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.