Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Tomb of Lewis Prichard in St. Cadoc's Churchyard.
Trevethin, Torfaen, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 29 May 1997
- Locality
- Trevethin
- Town
- Pontypool
- Community
- Trevethin
- Unitary authority
- Torfaen
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.71248, -3.03789
- Cadw reference
- 18462
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
In St. Cadoc's Churchyard about 15m north of the north transept of the Church.
History
The death date of 1819 is probably very close to the date of manufacture.
Exterior
Tomb in the neo-classical style to Lewis Prichard, died 1819. A square section limestone urn tapers from a narrow base to a wider cap. Base stone with incised line, cap in three sections of friese, cornice and cap. Inscriptions to members of the Prichard family on panels with incised outline.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with Church of St. Cadoc as a good example of a neo-classical style memorial of the early C19.
Nearby in the register
- Tomb of William Maud in St. Cadoc's Churchyard.Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St. CadocReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Tomb of Margaret Davies in St. Cadoc's Churchyard.Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The VicarageDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.