Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Tomb of William Edmunds 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
- 51.70800, -3.03576
- Cadw reference
- 18453
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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
A chest tomb erected in 1832 or soon after.
Exterior
Chest tomb of William Edmunds, died 1832. Grey limestone with darker base and cap. Eighteenth century style. Monumental chest on two stepped plinth, the upper step is moulded. Chest with corner pilasters in antis with vermiculated blocking. Each face with a finely incised inscription to William Edmunds, died 1832, and other members of his family, each panel with an inscribed frame.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the Tabernacle Baptist Church, and as a good and well preserved example of a nineteenth century chest tomb of unusual quality for a Baptist cemetery.
Nearby in the register
- Tomb of John Phillips 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.